Court Opinion

ID: 5722620
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-12 16:11:48.566481+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:40:44.100440
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Order, entered on September 15, 1960, except so much thereof as denies plaintiff’s motion for a severance of the action and the entry of judgment against the defendant-appellant, unanimously modified on the law and on the facts so as to deny the plaintiff’s motion unconditionally in all respects, with $10 costs, and, as so modified, the order is affirmed, with $20 costs and disbursements to the appellant. In view of the provisions of section 237-a of the Civil Practice Act, there was no authority in the court below to impose terms upon the defendant Nesi as a condition of allowing him to answer following the denial of his motion to set aside the service of the summons. Concur — Botein, P. J., Breitel, Stevens, Eager and Noonan, JJ.