Case Name: Dillaye vs. Blair
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1849-03
Citations: 2 N.Y. 189
Docket Number: 
Parties: Dillaye vs. Blair.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 189–189

Head Matter:
Dillaye vs. Blair.
Where a justice of the supreme court at a special term made a decree in favor oí the plaintiff in an equity cause, and the defendant duly applied to the general term for a rehearing under the judiciary act of 1847, (§ 20,) and the application was denied ; held that the order of the general term was erroneous, although on the face thereof it appeared that the merits had been considered.
The bill was filed in the supreme court in equity to foreclose a mortgage. The cause was heard before Justice Pratt, holding a special term, and a decree made by him in favor of the plaintiff. The defendant applied in due form under the judiciary act of 1847, to the general term of the supreme court, for a rehearing; and that court in May, 1848, refused the application. The order denying the motion expressed, on its face, that the merits of the case had been considered. The defendant appealed to this court.
Geo. F. Comstock,
for the appellant, insisted that a reheating was a matter of right. (Gracie v. Freeland, 1 Comst. 228.)
H. J. Sedgwick, for the respondent.

Opinion:
The Court were of opinion that the order was erroneous, and thereupon the same was reversed.
A special motion cannot be renewed, upon the same, or substantially the same facts, without leave of court. Hale v. Emmons, 39 How. Pr. 187; s. c. 2 Alb. L. J. 355. Snyder v. White, 6 How. Pr. 321. Smith v. Spalding, 3 Rob. 615; s. c. 30 How. Pr. 339. Bellinger v. Martindale, 8 Ibid. 113. Mills v. Thursby, 11 Ibid. 114. Dunn v. Meserole, 5 Daly 434. Wentworth v. Wentworth, 51 How. Pr. 289. Shultze v. Rodewald, 1 Abb. N. C. 365. Otherwise, if based upon a new state of facts. Belmont v. Erie Railway Co., 52 Barb. 637. Erie Railway Co. v. Ramsey, 57 Ibid. 449. Steuben County Bank v. Alburger, 83 N, Y. 274.