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Matter of Hillowitz

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Dec 6, 1967
20 N.Y.2d 952 (N.Y. 1967)

Opinion

Submitted October 23, 1967

Decided December 6, 1967

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department, EDWARD S. SILVER, J.

Robert A. Smith for motion.

Bernard Meyerson opposed.


On appeal from a final order of the Appellate Division directing the appellant widow to turn over to the respondent executors in this discovery proceeding certain moneys alleged by them to be an asset of the decedent's estate, the appellant seeks to bring up for review, under CPLR 5501 (subd. [a], par. 1), a prior order of the Appellate Division rejecting one of the defenses advanced by her. The respondents have moved to dismiss so much of the appeal as seeks review of the prior order, urging, in reliance on Sirlin Plumbing Co. v. Maple Hill Homes ( 20 N.Y.2d 401), that such order was itself a final determination of a severable "claim" asserted by the appellant.

There is no merit to this position. The theory of implied severance on which cases such as Sirlin Plumbing Co. v. Maple Hill Homes ( 20 N.Y.2d 401, supra) are predicated, is applicable only where there has been a final disposition "as to a distinct cause of action or part thereof". It has no relevance where, as here, the situation is "merely that the Appellate Division has finally settled some of the issues involved in a single cause of action." (Cohen and Karger, Powers of the New York Court of Appeals, p. 92; see Matter of Lo Dolce, 12 N.Y.2d 874; Matter of Collins, 9 N.Y.2d 902.)

The motion to dismiss should be denied.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges VAN VOORHIS, BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, KEATING and BREITEL concur.

Motion to dismiss appeal denied.


Summaries of

Matter of Hillowitz

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Dec 6, 1967
20 N.Y.2d 952 (N.Y. 1967)
Case details for

Matter of Hillowitz

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Estate of ABRAHAM HILLOWITZ, Deceased. SELMA WERNICK…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Dec 6, 1967

Citations

20 N.Y.2d 952 (N.Y. 1967)
286 N.Y.S.2d 677
233 N.E.2d 719

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