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Sufrin v. Rhine Realty & Improvement Co.

153 A.D. 887 Court N.Y. App. Div. English

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p. 887
Maurice N. Sufrin, Appellant, v. Rhine Realty and Improvement Company, Respondent.

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Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, made at Special Term and entered on the 30th day of September, 1913, modifying an order for the examination of defendant before trial.

This is an appeal by plaintiff from an order striking out four clauses in an order for the examination of the defendant before trial.

p. 888
The circumstances oí the case are peculiar, and it is not easy to see how plaintiff can maintain his cause of action, if it be meritorious, without obtaining the evidence he seeks to extract from his adversary. That he might obtain it from some other witness is not an answer to his application to examine the defendant. In our opinion the original order was right and should not have been modified. The order appealed from should be reversed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and the motion denied, with ten dollars costs. Present — Ingraham, P. J., Laughlin, Clarke, Scott and Miller, JJ. Order reversed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and motion denied, with ten dollars costs.