Case Name: Grace H. Ducharme, as Executrix of J. Leo Ducharme, Deceased, Respondent, v. Walter E. Rowe et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1948-04-19
Citations: 273 A.D. 974
Docket Number: 
Parties: Grace H. Ducharme, as Executrix of J. Leo Ducharme, Deceased, Respondent, v. Walter E. Rowe et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 273
Pages: 974–974

Head Matter:
Grace H. Ducharme, as Executrix of J. Leo Ducharme, Deceased, Respondent, v. Walter E. Rowe et al., Appellants.

Opinion:
Action to recover damages for wrongful death. The action was begun on December 28, 1939. Issue was joined March 8, 1940. Order denying motion, made on March 17, 1947, by defendant Taub, to dismiss the action for failure to prosecute, reversed on the law and the facts, with $10 costs and disbursements, and the motion granted, with $10 costs to defendant Taub. The record discloses no adequate excuse for the failure to prosecute this action and the denial of the motion of defendant Taub was an improvident exercise of discretion. Lewis, P. J., Carswell, Johnston, Adel and Sneed, JJ., concur.