Case Name: Dorothea L. Meyer, Respondent, v. Title Guarantee and Trust Company, as Executor, etc., of William Meyer, Deceased, Defendant. Charles Meyer and Emma Meyer, Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1929-12
Citations: 228 A.D. 641
Docket Number: 
Parties: Dorothea L. Meyer, Respondent, v. Title Guarantee and Trust Company, as Executor, etc., of William Meyer, Deceased, Defendant. Charles Meyer and Emma Meyer, Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 228
Pages: 641–642

Head Matter:
Dorothea L. Meyer, Respondent, v. Title Guarantee and Trust Company, as Executor, etc., of William Meyer, Deceased, Defendant. Charles Meyer and Emma Meyer, Appellants.

Opinion:
The decision of tMs court handed down on November 22, 1929,* hereby amended to read as follows: Order denying motion to vacate and set aside judgment and for leave to intervene reversed upon the law and the facts, without costs, and motion granted to the extent of vacating and setting aside judgment dated May 10, 1929, and granting leave to Emma Meyer, as a beneficiary of the alleged agreement but not as a residuary legatee to intervene as a party plaintiff, and directing that Eva C..Meyer, the widow, be made a party defendant, without costs. Whether or not these parties should be permitted to intervene rested in discretion (Brennan v. Hall, 131 N. Y. 160) which might be exercised either after or before execution of the judgment. (Matter of Ayrault, 81 Hun, 107; affd., 146 N. Y. 389.) While this court is reluctant to interfere with the Special Term in the exercise of discretion, it is of opinion that the judgment should be vacated and leave to intervene granted. Rich, Seeger and Scudder, JJ., concur; Lazansky, P. J., and Young, J., dissent.