Case Name: MULLIGAN v. HACHMEISTER et al.
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1909-07-06
Citations: 117 N.Y.S. 1044
Docket Number: 
Parties: MULLIGAN v. HACHMEISTER et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 117
Pages: 1044–1046

Head Matter:
MULLIGAN v. HACHMEISTER et al.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term.
July 6, 1909.)
Pleading (§193 )—Complaint—Grounds of Demurrer.
A complaint stating a cause of action on a written contract of defendant is not demurrable because of laches in bringing the action and of the improbability of plaintiff’s contention; they being matters for consideration on the trial.
[Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Pleading, Cent. Dig. § 432; Dec. Dig. 8 193. ]
MacLean, J., dissenting.
Appeal from City Court of New York, Special Term.
Action by George Mulligan against Caroline Hachmeister, individually and as executrix, and others. From an interlocutory judgment overruling a demurrer to the complaint, defendants Jetter appeal.
Affirmed.
Argued before GILDERSLEEVE, P. J., and MacLEAN and SEABURY, JJ.
Katz & Sommerich, for appellants.
Prayer, Stotesbury & Gregg, for respondent.
For other cases see same topic & § number in Dec. & Am. Digs. 1907 to date, & Rep’r Indexes

Opinion:
SEABURY, J.
The demurrer was properly overruled. The action is upon a written contract, signed and sealed by the defendants who now demur. The laches of the plaintiff in bringing the action and the alleged improbabilities of his contention are matters for the court to consider when the action is tried, and do not preclude the plaintiff from bringing the action upon his present complaint, which in my judgment states a cause of action.
Interlocutory judgment affirmed, with costs, with leave to defendants to answer upon payment of costs in this court and in the court below within six days.
GILDERSLEEVE, P. J., concurs.