The action was brought by the plaintiff as trustee in bankruptcy,, under a certain contract for cabinet work in a restaurant in the city
We think that the defendants were entitled to a bill of particulars of the plaintiff’s demand, setting forth the items of the demand. The copy of thé account that was furnished was not verified as a bill of particulars, and does not purport to be a bill of particulars of the demand upon which the plaintiff’s cause of action for the reasonable value of the work done and materials furnished was based. The order that was granted, however, was much, too broad, requiring not-only the particulars, but a statement of the evidence by which the plaintiff would prove his cause of .action. What the 'defendant was entitled to was a specific statement of the various items of the work done for which the plaintiff sought to recover, and this he was entitled to have stated in a bill of particulars so that the claim of the plaintiff should be restricted to the items specified.. The account that appears in the record, verified and served as a bill of particulars, would seem to be sufficient except as to the items for extra work in kitchen up to November 29, -1899, and the items for extra work to December 18, 1899. As to,said items the "particulars should be furnished.
The order should be modified so as to require the plaintiff to-serve a-bill of particulars specifying the work done'"and- materials furnished by the John Y. Schaefer Company for the defendants
Van Brunt, P. J., Q’Brien, McLaughlin and Hatch, JJ., concurred.
Order modified as directed in opinion, and as modified affirmed, Without costs. '
