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Sylvander v. Farmers Traders Life Ins. Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Dec 6, 1962
18 A.D.2d 761 (N.Y. App. Div. 1962)

Opinion

December 6, 1962

Appeal from the Onondaga Special Term.

Present — Williams, P.J., Goldman, Halpern and Henry, JJ.


Order unanimously modified by denying defendants' cross motion to dismiss the second alleged cause of action pursuant to rule 114 of the Rules of Civil Practice, and by granting defendants' cross motion to dismiss the second alleged cause of action pursuant to subdivision 4 of rule 106 of the Rules of Civil Practice, with leave to plaintiffs, if so advised, to serve an amended complaint as to said second cause of action within 20 days after service of a copy of the order herein with notice of entry, and as so modified affirmed, without costs of this appeal to any party. Memorandum: The more important allegations contained in the second and third causes of action are very broad, conclusory, and not sufficiently factual. Furthermore, the second and third causes of action repeat and reallege all of the allegations of the first cause of action which has been dismissed on the merits. Whether a trial court would consider any of these allegations and, if so, which thereof, as relating to the second and third causes of action is open to speculation. Both the second and third causes of action should be dismissed under subdivision 4 of rule 106 with leave to amend, not only because they fail to state facts sufficient to constitute causes of action but in the interests of orderliness and clarity. ( Jennings v. Burlington Ind., 17 A.D.2d 188; Hayes v. Utica Mut. Ins. Co., 16 A.D.2d 732.)


Summaries of

Sylvander v. Farmers Traders Life Ins. Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Dec 6, 1962
18 A.D.2d 761 (N.Y. App. Div. 1962)
Case details for

Sylvander v. Farmers Traders Life Ins. Co.

Case Details

Full title:EARL C. SYLVANDER et al., Appellants-Respondents, v. FARMERS AND TRADERS…

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

Date published: Dec 6, 1962

Citations

18 A.D.2d 761 (N.Y. App. Div. 1962)
235 N.Y.S.2d 11