Case Name: STEM v. WARREN et al.
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1914-03-20
Citations: 146 N.Y.S. 591
Docket Number: 
Parties: STEM v. WARREN et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 146
Pages: 591–593

Head Matter:
STEM v. WARREN et al.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department.
March 20, 1914.)
Discovert (§ 40 )—Examination Before Trial—Extent.
Where, on the death of one of a firm of architects, the contract between it and a railroad to erect a depot was canceled according to the contract, and a new contract made with associate architects, in an action for an accounting against such associate architects, an order for examination before trial should be limited to the facts as to the contract and the new agreement.
[Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Discovery, Cent. Dig. §§ 52, 53 : Dec. Dig. § 40. ]
McLaughlin and Clarke, JJ., dissenting.
Appeal from Special Term, New York County.
Action by Allen H. Stem, individually, and as surviving partner, against Whitney Warren and others. From an order vacating an order for defendants’_ examination before trial, plaintiff appeals.
Reversed and modified.
Argued before INGRAHAM, P. J„ and McLAUGHLIN, LAUGH-LIN, CLARKE, and SCOTT, JJ.
Harold Swain, of New York City, for appellant.
Charles F. Mathewson, of New York City, for respondents.
For other cases see same topic & § number in Dec. & Am. Digs. 1907 to date, & Rep’r Indexes

Opinion:
INGRAHAM, P. J.
The order appealed from should be reversed, with $10 costs and disbursements, and the order for examination modified so as to limit the examination to the facts and circumstances leading up to and attendant on the cancellation of the contract between the railroad company and the associated architects, and the making of the new agreement with Warren & Wetmore; and the order for the examination as thus modified is reinstated.
LAUGHLIN and SCOTT, JJ., concur.