Opinion
October, 1905.
Present — Hirschberg, P.J., Bartlett, Rich and Miller, JJ.
Judgment reversed, with costs, and complaint dismissed, with costs.
We are of the opinion that under the authority of Flynn v. Brooklyn City R. Co. ( 9 App. Div. 269; affd., 158 N.Y. 493), Fitchett v. Murphy ( 46 App. Div. 181) and Greaves v. Gouge ( 69 N.Y. 154), this action was prematurely brought. There is no allegation in the complaint, and no proof was made upon the trial, that the plaintiff applied to the corporation to commence the action, or that it had refused to prosecute or unreasonably delayed the commencement of the action. The judgment must, therefore, be dismissed, with costs.