130 N.Y.S. 569 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1911
In September, 1910, the defendant Greenbaum, as - receiver ox' the National Standard Brewing Company, commenced an
This court has several times said that the trial of an action cannot be stayed in this Way. The power of- the court to stay proceedings or control the trial of an action is one which must he exercised in the action itself (Raymore Realty Co. v. Pfotenhauer-Nesbit Co., 139 App. Div. 126; North Central Realty Co. v. Blackman, 145 id. 199), -and where it is sought to enjoin parties from proceeding in another action, such relief must be by ^injunction in an action where such relief is demanded in the complaint. (Belasco Co. v. Klaw, 98 App. Div. 74; Webster v. Columbian National Life Ins. Co., 131 id. 837; affd., 196 N. Y. 523.)
Under the authorities cited the court could not, by an order in this action, stay the trial of the City Court action. Nor could it enjoin the prosecution of that action by an order in this, because no such relief is demanded in the complaint.
It follow's that the order appealed from must be reversed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and the motion denied, with ten dollars costs.
Ingraham, P. J., Clarke, ' Scott and Dowling, JJ., concurred.
Order reversed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, arid motion denied, with ten dollars costs. 1