Opinion
April 9, 1959
Appeal from the District Court of the County of Nassau, ELIJAH W. MILLS, J.
Vogel, Vogel Fremont ( Bernard Fremont of counsel), for appellant.
Clarence W. Williamson, Jr., and Albert P. Thill for respondent.
Order unanimously reversed upon the law, with $10 costs to defendant, and motion denied. In the absence of statutory authority, the District Court of the County of Nassau is without power to remove an action from the City Court of the City of Long Beach and consolidate it with an action pending in the District Court. (See Blumenthal Co. v. Tiedemann Sons, 118 Misc. 560.)
Concur — PETTE, DI GIOVANNA and BENJAMIN, JJ.
Order reversed, etc.