Case Name: Virginia B. Smith, Respondent, v. Jerome Schiller, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1951-12-10
Citations: 279 A.D. 755
Docket Number: 
Parties: Virginia B. Smith, Respondent, v. Jerome Schiller, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 279
Pages: 755–755

Head Matter:
Virginia B. Smith, Respondent, v. Jerome Schiller, Appellant.

Opinion:
In our opinion the plaintiff on this record has failed to show any reasonable explanation or excuse for failure to bring the action to trial for almost three years after joinder of issue and has failed to present any showing of merits. Under such circumstances, denial of the motion to dismiss was an improvident exercise of discretion. (Giovannucci v. Brooklyn & Richmond Ferry Co., 278 App. Div. 861, and cases there cited; McIntyre v. Branner, 214 App. Div. 145.) Nolan, P. J., Carswell, Johnston, Sneed and Wenzel, JJ., concur.