Case Name: Alex Klein et al., Respondents, v. City of New York et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1963-04-18
Citations: 18 A.D.2d 1063
Docket Number: 
Parties: Alex Klein et al., Respondents, v. City of New York et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 18
Pages: 1063–1063

Head Matter:
Alex Klein et al., Respondents, v. City of New York et al., Appellants.

Opinion:
Order, entered on October 13, 1961, denying motion to dismiss for lack of prosecution, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts and as a matter of discretion, with $20 costs and disbursements to appellants, and the motions granted, with $10 costs. The action was at issue for 27 months and no steps were taken to place it on the calendar. Plaintiffs attempt to excuse this inordinate delay by a claim that they were awaiting a decision in the Court of Appeals. The decision referred to was in an unrelated case. Such a contention, even though credited, provides no excuse. Concur — Breitel, J. P., McNally, Stevens, Eager and Steuer, JJ.