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Lazarus v. Rice

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 22, 1944
268 App. Div. 985 (N.Y. App. Div. 1944)

Opinion

December 22, 1944.

Present — Martin, P.J., Townley, Glennon, Cohn and Callahan, JJ.;


On a motion for leave to serve an amended complaint the sufficiency of the proposed pleading will not ordinarily be inquired into. ( Holgan Bros., Inc., v. Beekman Hospital, 267 App. Div. 815, 816.) It cannot be said on the present record that plaintiff was guilty of laches as a matter of law. Order reversed, with twenty dollars costs and disbursements, and the motion granted.


Glennon and Cohn, JJ., dissent and vote to affirm. Settle order on notice.


Summaries of

Lazarus v. Rice

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 22, 1944
268 App. Div. 985 (N.Y. App. Div. 1944)
Case details for

Lazarus v. Rice

Case Details

Full title:MILTON LAZARUS, Appellant, v. ELMER RICE, as President of the Dramatists…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Dec 22, 1944

Citations

268 App. Div. 985 (N.Y. App. Div. 1944)

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