Case Name: KANE v. METROPOLITAN ST. RY. CO.
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1904-12-23
Citations: 91 N.Y.S. 351
Docket Number: 
Parties: KANE v. METROPOLITAN ST. RY. CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 91
Pages: 351–352

Head Matter:
KANE v. METROPOLITAN ST. RY. CO.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term.
December 23, 1904.)
1. Pleadings—Amendment—Loss of Right—Laches.
On the trial of a cause in the City Court in January, the presiding justice ruled that defendant, by a certain allegation, admitted that it operated cars at the time and place of the accident. A judgment for plaintiff was reversed upon another ground at the May term of the Appellate Term, which denied a motion for a reargument in June. In October defendant moved for leave to amend its answer so as to specifically deny the operation by it of a railway at the place and time of the accident. Held,, that the motion was properly denied on the ground of laches.
MacLean, J., dissenting.
Appeal from City Court of New York, Special Term.
Action by James Kane against the Metropolitan Street Railway Company. From an order of the City Court denying a motion for leave to serve an amended answer, defendant appeals.
Affirmed.
See 88 N. Y. Supp. 162.
Argued before FREEDMAN, P. J., and GILDERSEEÉVE and MacLEAN, JJ.
Bayard H. Ames and F. A. Gaynor, for appellant.
William R. Adams, for respondent.

Opinion:
FREEDMAN, P. J.
The order herein should be affirmed upon the ground that the defendant was guilty of laches in making the motion.
Order affirmed, with costs and disbursements.
GIEDERSLEEVE, J., concurs.