
    George R. Wood, Respondent, v. Joseph L. Spofford, Appellant.
    (Supreme Court, Appellate Term,
    October, 1899.)
    1. Jurisdiction — Presumed to continua
    Where jurisdiction has attached, it will be presumed to continue until it affirmatively appears that it has been divested.
    2. Same — Adjournment in inferior local court not presumed to have been illegal.
    Where the record, in an inferior local court, does not show affirmatively that an adjournment, taken therein, violated the statute in regard to adjournments, the .presumption is that there was no violation and that jurisdiction continues.
    Appead from a judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in the Municipal Court of the city of Hew York, second district, borough of Manhattan.
    Charles P. Hallock, for appellant.
    Baggott & Ryall, for respondent.
   Leventritt, J.

A reversal of the judgment under review is sought on the ground that the justice lost jurisdiction of the cause by granting an adjournment of the trial for a period greater than eight days. The appellant bases his contention on section 1362 of the Consolidation Act (Laws of 1882, chap. 410), which provides that the trial of an action may be adjourned by the court on the application of either ‘party for a period not exceeding eight days, but that “by consent or where neither party objects” a longer adjournment may be granted.

The return discloses the fact that an adjournment for more than eight days was had, but it does not appear whether the parties consented thereto, or whether either of them objected. Jurisdiction having concededly attached, it will be presumed to continue until it affirmatively appears that it has been divested and this rule obtains even in courts of limited jurisdiction. 12 Am. & Eng. Ency. of Law, 274, 275, and cases cited. No papers are contained in the record — which is conclusive on us — showing that the appellant objected. The mere statement of counsel that he had objected is not a substitute for the fact. The proceedings will be deemed regular until the contrary appears. Judgment affirmed.

Freedman, P. J., and MacLean, J., concur.

Judgment affirmed, with costs to respondent. ■  