Court Opinion

ID: 5751744
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-12 16:58:24.705085+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:41:18.247595
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Order, entered March 16, 1964, unanimously reversed, on the law, on the facts and in the exercise of discretion, with $30 costs and disbursements to the appellant, and the motion to dismiss for failure to prosecute granted, with $10 costs. Plaintiff has presented no creditable excuse for the delay of 14 months in serving a complaint. Moreover, the affidavits submitted by plaintiff fail to include an adequate affidavit of merits (cf. Sortino v. Fisher, 20 A D 2d 25, 31). Concur — Breitel, J. P., Valente, Stevens, Eager and Bastow, JJ.