Case Name: Edmund Shanahan, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Margaret Shanahan, Deceased, Respondent, v. Sol Orenstein et al., Doing Business as Buhre Avenue Co., Defendants and Buhre Avenue Co., Inc., Appellant; Patrick F. McLoughlin, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Terence E. McLoughlin, Deceased, et al., Respondents, v. Buhre Avenue Co., Inc., Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1976-11-30
Citations: 40 N.Y.2d 985
Docket Number: 
Parties: Edmund Shanahan, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Margaret Shanahan, Deceased, Respondent, v Sol Orenstein et al., Doing Business as Buhre Avenue Co., Defendants and Buhre Avenue Co., Inc., Appellant. Patrick F. McLoughlin, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Terence E. McLoughlin, Deceased, et al., Respondents, v Buhre Avenue Co., Inc., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 40
Pages: 985–986

Head Matter:
Edmund Shanahan, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Margaret Shanahan, Deceased, Respondent, v Sol Orenstein et al., Doing Business as Buhre Avenue Co., Defendants and Buhre Avenue Co., Inc., Appellant. Patrick F. McLoughlin, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Terence E. McLoughlin, Deceased, et al., Respondents, v Buhre Avenue Co., Inc., Appellant.
Decided November 30, 1976
George J. Siracuse for appellant.

Opinion:
Appeal from the Appellate Division order, entered Septem ber 23, 1976, which dismissed, without costs, by the Court of Appeals sua sponte upon the ground that the order does not finally determine the action within the meaning of the Constitution and is not reviewable by the Court of Appeals; appeal from the Appellate Division order, entered May 13, 1976, dismissed, without costs, by the Court of Appeals sua sponte upon the ground that it is not a final order and, to the extent that the appellant is aggrieved thereby (Cohen and Karger, Powers of the New York Court of Appeals, § 62, p 281), it does not order a new trial within the meaning of the Constitution (Cohen and Karger, Powers of the New York Court of Appeals, § 63, pp 283-284).