Case Name: Isidore Bernstein, Doing Business under the Name and Style of Bernstein Knitting Mills, Respondent, v. National Surety Company of New York, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1920-11
Citations: 194 A.D. 910
Docket Number: 
Parties: Isidore Bernstein, Doing Business under the Name and Style of Bernstein Knitting Mills, Respondent, v. National Surety Company of New York, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 194
Pages: 910–911

Head Matter:
Isidore Bernstein, Doing Business under the Name and Style of Bernstein Knitting Mills, Respondent, v. National Surety Company of New York, Appellant.

Opinion:
Order affirmed, without costs. The order was entirely proper in the interest of justice, and was a proper exercise of discretion by the learned judge at Special Term, who also presided at the trial. The plaintiff does not attempt to plead a new cause of action, and the short limitation on the time of beginning action on the policy bars a new action. The application was made promptly, and the court was justified in vacating the nonsuit and allowing the amendment upon terms. (New York Ice Co. v. North Western Ins. Co., 23 N. Y. 357; Thompson v. Kessel, 30 id. 383; Jaggar v. Cunningham, 8 Daly, 511.) We do not pass upon the sufficiency of the amended complaint except to say that the pleader does not appear to have followed the language of the policy very closely in describing the loss. The attempt to amend the summons appears to be unauthorized and unwarranted. Jenks, P. J., Mills, Putnam, Blaekmar and Kelly, JJ., concur.