Case Name: William M. Bastable, Respondent, v. The Cuba Supply Co., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1904-02
Citations: 43 Misc. 89
Docket Number: 
Parties: William M. Bastable, Respondent, v. The Cuba Supply Co., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 43
Pages: 89–91

Head Matter:
William M. Bastable, Respondent, v. The Cuba Supply Co., Appellant.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term,
February, 1904.)
Municipal Court of the city of New York — Duty of justice to decide case within fourteen days of its final submission—Waiver.
Where the record, in an action tried in the Municipal Court of the city of New York on Nov. 19, 1903, states, after the words “ case closed ”, that the ease is “ deemed submitted as of November 27th, 1903 ”, and there is nothing to show that either side objected thereto, the parties must be deemed to have consented to extend the time for final submission to the latter date and a decision rendered within fourteen days thereof is valid.
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of Uew York, seventh district, borough of Manhattan, in favor of the plaintiff.
Patton, Stillman & Patton, for appellant.
Paul L. Kiernan, for respondent.

Opinion:
Ereedmah, P. J.
The only ground for a reversal of the judgment herein asked for by the appellant is that the justice failed to render his decision within the fourteen days provided by section 230 of the Municipal Court Act.
That section provides that " Upon the issue of fact joined the court must hear the evidence, and decide all questions of fact and law, and render judgment accordingly within fourteen days from the time the same is submitted for that purpose."
In the case at bar the action was tried upon the 19th day of November, 1903. The record upon appeal contains the statement' that " case deemed submitted as of ETovember 27th, 1903." This statement appears in the stenographer's minutes taken upon the trial, after the words " case closed."
This disposition of the case was presumably made in open court, in the presence of the parties and their counsel, and the record dees not show that either side made any objection thereto.
The appellant claims that a justice of the Municipal Court has no right to extend his statutory time within which to render a decision " by an arbitrary announcement at the close of the trial, that the case is deemed to be submitted as of some date later than that on which it was actually tried." The foregoing statement does not present the situation in this case. It has frequently been held that the limitations of time, in the statute, in which justices shall render their judgment, was intended for the convenience of the parties and the protection of their rights, and a compli anee with the statute may be waived by them. Barnes v. Badger, 41 Barb. 98.
In the absence of any objection, either at the close of the trial, when the time for final submission was fixed, or when the case on appeal was settled, the parties must be deemed to have waived their right to have the case decided within fourteen days from the day of trial, and to have consented to the extension of the time for final submission to November 27, 1903, and as the judgment was rendered within the fourteen days dating from November 27, 1903, the judgment is valid and must be affirmed.
Giegerich and McCall, JJ., concur.
Judgment affirmed, with costs.