Case Name: STEIN v. STEIN
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1909-04-08
Citations: 116 N.Y.S. 93
Docket Number: 
Parties: STEIN v. STEIN.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 116
Pages: 93–95

Head Matter:
STEIN v. STEIN.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department.
April 8, 1909.)
Pleading (§ 323 )—Bill of Pabticulabs—Time of Motion.
Motion for a bill of particulars of the “day and time,” made after an order framing issues and directing trial thereof on a certain day, in an action in which the complaint alleged commission of adultery in a certain month and at a certain hotel, is too late, as a bill of particulars might modify the order settling issues, which may be done only by motion therefor or by appeal.
[Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Pleading, Cent. Dig. § 977; Dee. Dig. § 323. ]
Scott and Ingraham,, JJ., dissenting.
Appeal from Special Term, New York County.
Action by Lena Stein against Louis Stein. From an order denying a motion for bill of particulars, defendant appeals.
Affirmed.
Argued before PATTERSON, P. J., and McLAUGHLIN, INGRAHAM, LAUGHLIN, and SCOTT, JJ.
Jacob Manheim, for appellant,
For other cases see same topic & 5 number in Dec. & Am. Digs. 1907 to date, & Rep’r Indexes
For other cases see same topic & § number in Dec. & Am. Digs. 1907 to date, & Rep’r Indexes

Opinion:
McLAUGHLIN, J.
Action for a divorce. The fifth paragraph of the complaint alleges that the defendant committed adultery about the month of July, 1907, at a certain hotel in Coney Island, which allegation was put in issue by the answer. Thereafter, upon motion, the issues were framed and sent to a jury for trial on January 35, 1909. In the order framing issues, from which no appeal has been taken, there was inserted the name of the hotel where the offense is alleged to have been committed. After the issues had been framed, and a few days before the day fixed for trial, the defendant moved for a bill of particulars of the "day and time" when the offense charged was alleged to have been committed. The motion was denied, and defendant appeals.
A bill of particulars is an extension of the pleading m relation to which it is ordered. Raff v. Koster, Bial & Co., 38 App. Div. 336, 56 N. Y. Supp. 997. Its purpose is to limit the proof of the party furnishing it to the particular facts stated. Had the defendant moved for a bill of particulars before the, order had been made settling the issues and directing a trial of the same, I am of the opinion he would have been entitled to the information asked. Having waited, however, until after issues had been framed and a trial thereof directed on a day specified, he was not entitled to the order. The bill of particulars, if the same were furnished, might, and probably would, modify the order settling the issues, and that order cannot be modified or qualified, except by motion for that purpose, or by an appeal from it.
The order appealed from, therefore, is affirmed, with $10 costs and disbursements.
PATTERSON, P. J., and LAUGHLIN, J., concur.