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Seider v. Kline

278 A.D. 1016 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1951-07-11 English

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Frank P. Seider, Plaintiff, v. Adella L. Kline et al., Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Respondents. Sinclair Refining Company, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.

Order reversed on the law, with $10 costs and disbursements and motion granted, with $10 costs, with leave to the third-party plaintiffs to serve an amended complaint within twenty days after service of a copy of the order herein with notice of entry thereof, upon payment of the costs of the motion and of this appeal. Memorandum: We regard the third-party complaint as alleging only passive negligence. (Middleton v. City of New York, 300 N. Y. 732 .) All concur, Taylor, P. J., not voting. (Appeal from an order denying a motion by the third-party defendant to dismiss the third-party complaint, in an action to recover damages for the alleged contamination of a well.) Present — Taylor, P. J., McCurn, Kimball, Piper and Wheeler, JJ.

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