New York Court of Appeals

The Atlantic Dock Company, Appellant v. the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York, Respondents

May 27, 187353 N.Y. 64

Summary

The Court reversed the lower court's judgment, holding that a judgment and satisfaction against a stranger does not extinguish a plaintiff's cause of action against another defendant, and that the plaintiff remains a real party in interest under the Code.