96 N.Y.S. 386 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1905
The defendants appeal from an order denying
a motion to compel plaintiff to reply to new matters alleged in para
I do not think the matters alleged constitute a defense, and, if this be true, then a reply ought not to be ordered. What is alleged, in substance, is that the assignment made by the plaintiff was to secure the claims of certain creditors. If it were not an absolute assignment, but simply for security, then the plaintiff still has such an interest as enables him to maintain the action. Lang v. Eagle Fire Company, 12 App. Div. 39, 42 N. Y. Supp. 539; Griffey v. New York Central Ins. Co., 100 N. Y. 417, 3 N. E. 309, 53 Am. Rep. 202. The allegation that the plaintiff, after such assignment, had no beneficial interest, and was not and is not now the real party in interest, is a conclusion of law drawn from the facts before alleged. Upon both grounds, therefore, that the court did not improperly exercise its discretion in denying the motion, and that the matters pleaded do not constitute a defense, I think the order appealed from should be affirmed.
Order affirmed, with $10 costs and disbursements. All concur.