Case Name: Sarah A. O'Reilly, Plaintiff, v. Genevieve C. Skelly, Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1907-10
Citations: 56 Misc. 122
Docket Number: 
Parties: Sarah A. O’Reilly, Plaintiff, v. Genevieve C. Skelly, Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 56
Pages: 122–123

Head Matter:
Sarah A. O’Reilly, Plaintiff, v. Genevieve C. Skelly, Defendant.
(Supreme Court, New York Special Term,
October, 1907.)
Pleading — Amendments — Amendments of course — Of answer — After relief from default.
Where defendant is relieved from her default in pleading and allowed to answer the complaint and complies with the conditions of the order and serves an answer, she has a right to amend the original answer once within twenty days after its service.
Motion to strike out an amended answer.
Johnston & Johnston, for plaintiff.
Clarke & Clarke, for defendant.

Opinion:
Hendrick, J.
The answer served on June 28, 1907, was in conformity with the order of Mr. Justice McCall of June twenty-sixth, which opened the default. If no default had occurred, the defendant would have had the absolute right to amend the answer once within twenty days after the service of the original answer, if the pleading was not amended for the purposes of delay.
The default in pleading being opened, and the order opening the default having been complied with, by the payment of the costs imposed and the service of an answer conform ing to that submitted on the motion to open the default, I think the defendant was in the same position, with regard to any subsequent steps in the litigation, as if no default had occurred. Hence, her right to amend within twenty days the answer served in accordance with the requirements of the order opening the default. In this case no delay of the trial will result because of the service of the amended answer.
Motion denied; ten dollars costs.