Case Name: CORCORAN v. MILLER
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1914-01-26
Citations: 145 N.Y.S. 934
Docket Number: 
Parties: CORCORAN v. MILLER.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 145
Pages: 934–936

Head Matter:
CORCORAN v. MILLER.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department.
January 26, 1914.)
Dismissal and Nonsuit (§ 68*)—Right to Move fob Dismissal. Where an action was not noticed for trial by plaintiff until five years after issue was joined, defendant’s failure to move for dismissal on account of want of diligent prosecution for about a year after such notice is only a fact to be considered in determining defendant’s right to have the action dismissed, and does not absolutely bar him from relief.
[Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Dismissal and Nonsuit, Cent. Dig. §§ 163, 176;. Dec. Dig. § 68.*]
Lehman, J., dissenting.
Appeal from City Court of New York, Special Term.
Action by John Corcoran against Thomas Miller. From an order granting defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint for unreasonable neglect in prosecuting the action, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed.
Argued January term, 1914, before LEHMAN, PAGE, and BI-JUR, JJ.
Samuel Deutsch, of New York City, for appellant.
Jacob Marx, of New York City, for respondent.

Opinion:
BIJUR, J.
This case was placed upon the calendar and noticed for trial by plaintiff five years after issue joined, and long after junior issues had been tried. Defendant waited for about a year thereafter before making this motion. Plaintiff claims that defendant is barred by laches from succeeding on this motion. All, however, that can be maintained on that score is that the court should have taken defendant's delay into consideration; and I see no reason for disturbing the judge's exercise of his discretion under the circumstances.
The order should be affirmed, with $10 costs and disbursements.
PAGE, J., concurs.