Case Name: LANE, Respondent, v. HOLDEN et al. Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1908-01-08
Citations: 108 N.Y.S. 1138
Docket Number: 
Parties: LANE, Respondent, v. HOLDEN et al. Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 108
Pages: 1138–1138

Head Matter:
LANE, Respondent, v. HOLDEN et al. Appellants.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department.
January 8, 1908.)
Action by Charles M. Lane against Hendrick S. Holden and others.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Order reversed, with $10 costs and disbursements, and motion granted,with $10 costs. Held, that the moving papers did not show that the examination was necessary to frame the complaint, or that the testimony of the persons to be examined was material and necessary in the prosecution of the action, issue not having been joined; also on the ground that the affidavit on which the order of examination was granted was defective and insufficient, in that it failed to state whether or not the defendants Satterlee and Busch had appeared in the action, and, if they or either of them had appeared therein, the name and residence or- office address of the attorney by whom they or either of them had appeared.
ROBSON, J., concurs on ground last stated. SPRING, J., dissents, and votes for affirmance.