Case Name: The Germania Life Insurance Co., Plaintiff, v. Henry W. Powell, Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1899-11
Citations: 29 Misc. 424
Docket Number: 
Parties: The Germania Life Insurance Co., Plaintiff, v. Henry W. Powell, Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 29
Pages: 424–425

Head Matter:
The Germania Life Insurance Co., Plaintiff, v. Henry W. Powell, Defendant.
(Supreme Court, New York Special Term,
November, 1899.)
1. Notice of trial — Need not be served on motion for preference under Bule X, Special Term Buies, First Department.
A motion for a preference, made in an action of foreclosure under Bule X of the Special Term Buies of the First Department, is addressed to the discretion of the court, and the general provisions of section 793 of the Code of Civil Procedure, requiring a notice of trial to be served with a notice of a motion for a preference, do not apply to a motion made under said Bule X.
2. Same — Failure to prepay full postage.
The irregularity, that postage on a notice of trial, served by mail, was not fully prepaid, is waived if the party served retains the notice.
3. Same — Service by mail— Code Civ. Proc., §§ 798, 977.
A notice of trial may be served by mail sixteen days before the day of trial, including the day of service, and it is not necessary that twice fourteen days should elapse.
Motion for preference in First Department.
Shipman, Larocque & Choate (I. Washburn, of counsel), for motion.
Bernard J. Kelly, opposed.

Opinion:
G ildersleeve, J.
The action is to foreclose a mortgage. The motion is made for a preference, under rule 10 of the Special Term Rules of this Department, on the ground that the trial will not be a protracted one. Objection is made that the notice of motion was not served with the notice of trial. This objection is not tenable, for the provision of section 793 of the Code, requiring the notice of motion for a preference to be served with the notice of trial, does not apply to motions, under rule 10, addressed to the discretion of the court. See Coffin v. McLaughlin, 24 Misc. Rep. 107. The second objection is that the notice of trial was served by mail, without sufficient postage. This assertion is disputed by the plaintiff; but, even if it be true, the irregularity was waived by the defendant's acceptance of the notice and failure to return the same. The last objection is that the notice of trial was not served in time, as it was served by mail, and, therefore, required double the fourteen days specified in section 977 of the Code. There is no merit in this contention, as section 798 of the Code provides that notice of trial may be served by mail sixteen days before the term, including the day of service, which was the practice followed by the plaintiff herein. The motion is granted, but without costs.
Motion granted, without costs.