Court Opinion

ID: 6150519
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-02-05 15:48:49.495435+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:55:00.840940
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Wadhams, J.
Motion is made for a discovery and inspection of the books of defendants to enable plaintiff to prepare for trial, pursuant to section 803 of the Code of Civil Procedure and Rules 14 and 15 of the General Rules of Practice. The moving papers must show the necessity of such an examination. Bloom v. Patten, 58 N. Y. Super. Ct. 225. In this case the complaint alleges: “ The defendants employed the plaintiff in their business, commencing on the 21st day of September, 1906, for one year, on a commission basis of seven per cent, for all sales made by the plaintiff for the defendants,” and continues-that on or about the twentieth of October - defendants, without cause, discharged plaintiff. There is no allegation that plaintiff sold any goods for defendants for which he was entitled to commission, neither *67does it allege that he has not been paid for. any services rendered. This is not a. case where plaintiff alleges that he was entitled to commissions upon all sales of a certain variety of goods or in a certain territory, but his remuneration is alleged to be based upon sales made by him personally. There being no allegation that plaintiff ever made any sales for the defendants, the books of the defendants showing their sales are immaterial. Moreover, the plaintiff is guilty of laches. The cause was set down for trial on the calendar for short causes on December 1, 1906, and has since been on the day calendar a number of times during January, February and March, and for the last four days has been on the day calendar and marked ready and passed. In Moran v. Vreeland, 29 App. Div. 243, the Appellate Division of this Department, per curiam said: “ A party who desires the inspection of an instrument for the purpose of preparing for trial, cannot ordinarily wait until after the cause has been set down for trial and has actually appeared Upon the day calendar before making his application. If he does his application should be denied upon the ground of his own laches.” There is nothing in the moving papers to explain or excuse the plaintiff’s delay in making this application until the cause is upon the day calendar ready for trial.
Motion denied, with ten dollars costs. ..