110 N.Y.S. 206 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1908
This is an administratrix’s action to recover for the death of her decedent alleged to have been due to the negligence of the defend
In substance the complaint alleges that decedent, while' in the employ of the defendant, fell and was killed by reason of defendant’s negligence. So far as informing the defendant of what it would be required to meet upon the trial, it might as well have been a piece of blank paper. A case could hardly be presented in which the propriety and necessity of a bill of particulars were more obvious. That the plaintiff is an administratrix is no answer. The case was on the day calendar when the motion was made. To recover she must prove her claim. Being upon the day calendar she' must be presumed to be ready to prove her claim, and it is the details of her claim the particulars of which are asked. As said many times, the object of a bill of particulars is to amplify the pleading, to define the issues and to limit the proof, to make certain that which is uncertain, and to apprise the defendant of what he is required to meet.
The learned court, in denying the motion, sai<3: “ The facts sought to be discovered by the proposed bill of particulars are
The order appealed from should be reversed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and the motion granted, with ten dollars costs.
Ingeaham, McLaughlin, Laughlin and Scott, JJ., concurred.
Order reversed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and motion granted, with ten dollars costs.