Case Name: In the Matter of the Estate of John P. Meade, Deceased. John Meade, Appellant; Louis Meade, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1996-02-05
Citations: 224 A.D.2d 429
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Estate of John P. Meade, Deceased. John Meade, Appellant; Louis Meade, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 224
Pages: 429–430

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Estate of John P. Meade, Deceased. John Meade, Appellant; Louis Meade, Respondent.
[638 NYS2d 315]

Opinion:
—In a proceeding for an accounting, the executor of the estate of John P. Meade appeals from an order of the Surrogate's Court, Queens County (Nahman, S.), dated May 16, 1994, which, inter alia, denied his motion for reargument and for vacatur of his default.
Ordered that the appeal from so much of the order as denied reargument is dismissed since no appeal lies from an order denying reargument; and it is further,
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as reviewed, with costs payable by the appellant personally.
Because the appellant failed to proffer a reasonable excuse for his default, the Surrogate's Court properly denied his mo tion pursuant to CPLR 5015 (a) (1) to vacate the default (see, Tortorello v Tortorello, 161 AD2d 633; Smith v Fritz, 148 AD2d 438).
We have considered the appellant's remaining contentions and find them to be without merit. Rosenblatt, J. P., Hart, Krausman and Goldstein, JJ., concur.