Case Name: Joseph B. Schwartz et al., Doing Business as Town House Management, Respondents, v. National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1966-04-14
Citations: 25 A.D.2d 727
Docket Number: 
Parties: Joseph B. Schwartz et al., Doing Business as Town House Management, Respondents, v. National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, Appellant.
Judges: Concur — Breitel, J. P., Rabin, McNally, 'Steuer and Witmer, JJ.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 25
Pages: 727–727

Head Matter:
Joseph B. Schwartz et al., Doing Business as Town House Management, Respondents, v. National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, Appellant.

Opinion:
Order entered December 27, 1965, denying a motion to dismiss the action for failure to serve a complaint, unanimously reversed, on the law and on the facts, with $75 costs to defendant-appellant, and the motion granted. No satisfactory explanation has been offered for plaintiffs' failure to serve the complaint more than six months after the demand therefor and plaintiffs have failed to submit an adequate affidavit of merits. (Keogh v. New York Post Corp., 22 A D 2d 659; Flannery v. Stewart, 22 A D 2d 786.)
Concur — Breitel, J. P., Rabin, McNally, 'Steuer and Witmer, JJ.