Case Name: Nicholas Bertini and Others, Suing on Behalf of Themselves Individually, and for the Benefit of All Other Persons or Corporations in the Business of Selling Ice in Rockaway Beach, Borough and County of Queens, Who May Seek to Come in and Contribute to the Expense of This Action, Respondents, v. John R. Murray, Doing Business under the Firm Name and Style of John R. Murray & Son, and Another, Defendants, and Knickerbocker Ice Company, Ice Refrigeration Corporation and Rubel Corporation, Appellants; Ralph Barin and Others, Suing on Behalf of Themselves Individually, and for the Benefit of All Other Persons in the Business of Selling Ice in Rockaway Beach, Borough and County of Queens, Who May Seek to Come in and Contribute to the Expense of This Action, Respondents, v. Knickerbocker Ice Company, Rubel Corporation and Ice Refrigeration Company, Inc., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1942-03-16
Citations: 263 A.D. 1004
Docket Number: 
Parties: Nicholas Bertini and Others, Suing on Behalf of Themselves Individually, and for the Benefit of All Other Persons or Corporations in the Business of Selling Ice in Rockaway Beach, Borough and County of Queens, Who May Seek to Come in and Contribute to the Expense of This Action, Respondents, v. John R. Murray, Doing Business under the Firm Name and Style of John R. Murray & Son, and Another, Defendants, and Knickerbocker Ice Company, Ice Refrigeration Corporation and Rubel Corporation, Appellants. Ralph Barin and Others, Suing on Behalf of Themselves Individually, and for the Benefit of All Other Persons in the Business of Selling Ice in Rockaway Beach, Borough and County of Queens, Who May Seek to Come in and Contribute to the Expense of This Action, Respondents, v. Knickerbocker Ice Company, Rubel Corporation and Ice Refrigeration Company, Inc., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 263
Pages: 1004–1005

Head Matter:
Nicholas Bertini and Others, Suing on Behalf of Themselves Individually, and for the Benefit of All Other Persons or Corporations in the Business of Selling Ice in Rockaway Beach, Borough and County of Queens, Who May Seek to Come in and Contribute to the Expense of This Action, Respondents, v. John R. Murray, Doing Business under the Firm Name and Style of John R. Murray & Son, and Another, Defendants, and Knickerbocker Ice Company, Ice Refrigeration Corporation and Rubel Corporation, Appellants. Ralph Barin and Others, Suing on Behalf of Themselves Individually, and for the Benefit of All Other Persons in the Business of Selling Ice in Rockaway Beach, Borough and County of Queens, Who May Seek to Come in and Contribute to the Expense of This Action, Respondents, v. Knickerbocker Ice Company, Rubel Corporation and Ice Refrigeration Company, Inc., Appellants.

Opinion:
Order denying motion of appellants to stay further proceedings in Barin v. Knickerbocker Ice Company, until the final determination of Bertini v. Murray or, in the alternative, consolidating the two actions, affirmed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements to respondents Nicholas Bertini and others, and ten dollars costs and disbursements to respondents Ralph Barin and others. The appellants are free to stipulate with plaintiffs in the Barin action to accord to them the benefit of the decision in the Bertini action in respect of the issue of liability, and have the Barin group plaintiffs obtain an assessment in the Bertini action on application to the Special Term, under rule 8 of the Rules of Civil Practice, upon such terms as the court may deem proper. Such procedure would avoid the prejudice that would otherwise arise to the disadvantage of plaintiffs in the Bertini action if a consolidation were granted. Lazansky, P. J., Carswell, Johnston, Adel and Close, JJ., concur.