Case Name: George D. Newton, as Committee of the Person and Estate of Felix Bohenko, an Incompetent Person, Appellant, v. George W. Scott and Others, Defendants, American Surety Company of New York, Appellant, Livingston County Trust Company, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1936-10-09
Citations: 248 A.D. 943
Docket Number: 
Parties: George D. Newton, as Committee of the Person and Estate of Felix Bohenko, an Incompetent Person, Appellant, v. George W. Scott and Others, Defendants, American Surety Company of New York, Appellant, Livingston County Trust Company, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 248
Pages: 943–943

Head Matter:
George D. Newton, as Committee of the Person and Estate of Felix Bohenko, an Incompetent Person, Appellant, v. George W. Scott and Others, Defendants, American Surety Company of New York, Appellant, Livingston County Trust Company, Respondent.

Opinion:
Order reversed on the facts as a matter of discretion, with ten dollars costs and disbursements. Memorandum: We regard the stipulation extending plaintiff's time to serve a complaint until twenty days after the attorney for respondent should have served a written demand therefor, and the failure by the respondent to serve such a demand at any time, as sufficient to absolve the plaintiff committee from the charge of unreasonable neglect to proceed in the action within section 181 of the Civil Practice Act. All concur. (The order grants a motion to dismiss the complaint for neglect in prosecuting the action brought to recover money which it is alleged was wrongfully permitted to be withdrawn,) Present — Sears, P. J., Taylor, Thompson, Crosby and Lewis, JJ.