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James v. OuimetJames v. Ouimet

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Mar 22, 1954
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In an action to recover damages for injuries to the person and property ‍‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‍and for medical expenses and loss of services, defendant appeals from an order which denied his motion to dismiss the complaint for plaintiffs’ unreasonable neglect to ‍‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‍prosecute the action, on condition that plaintiffs pay $10 costs. Plaintiffs sent to defendant’s attorneys a check for the costs, which cheek said attorneys retained. Appeal ‍‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‍dismissed, without costs. By retaining the cheek for costs imposed on plaintiffs as a condition for denial of defendant’s motion, defendant has waived the right to ‍‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‍appeal. (Carll v. Oakley, 97 N. Y. 633; Glair MareeTle, Inc., v. Agfa Ansco Corp., 250 App. Div. 508; Brenner v. Steven Plumbing Supply Go., 279 App. Div. 1087; see, also, Farmers’ Loan é Trust Co. v. Bankers Merchants’ Tel. Go., 109 ‍‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‍N. Y. 342.) Nolan, P. J., Adel, Wenzel, MaeCrate and Beldock, JJ., concur.

Case Details

Case Name: James v. Ouimet
Court Name: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Date Published: Mar 22, 1954
Citations: 283 A.D. 819; 128 N.Y.S.2d 695; 1954 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5419
Court Abbreviation: N.Y. App. Div.
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