Miller v. Douglas

At the first term at which this cause was placed upon the general calendar upon five days’ notice to the defendant, and upon proof of the facts upon which the cause of action was based, the plaintiff applied to the justice holding Part 2 of the Trial Term for an order placing said cause upon the special calendar for trial, under subdivision 2 of rule 5 of the special rules of the First department for the regulation of the Trial Terms of the Supreme Court in the First judicial district, and to regulate the calendar practice therein. Said motion was opposed, but was granted by the court. Thereafter the defendant moved for reargument, which was duly had; but upon the re-argument the court confirmed its previous action and by order entered March 8, 1910, the case was placed upon the special calendar, Part 2, Trial Term, for trial. It subsequently appeared upon the day calendar in said part and was for a number of days answered ready by both sides. A jury was finally impaneled, and counsel for the plaintiff made the opening address to the jury. Thereupon the justice then presiding at said Trial Term, Part 2, struck the case from the special calendar for trial and ordered it restored to the general calendar. Thereafter the plaintiff made a motion before said justice to restore the cause to the special calendar for trial, which having been denied, plaintiff appeals.

The cause was not put upon the special calendar for trial on the ground that it was a short cause and could be tried within two hours, but upon the grounds set forth in the subdivision of the rule herein-before alluded to, upon a litigated motion after reargument and upon due deliberation by the justice presiding at the said Trial Term Part when the motion was made. The order so made was not subject to review or reversal by another justice subsequently sitting in the same