Court Opinion

ID: 5786401
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-12 17:59:45.276744+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:42:06.993168
License: Public Domain

Appeal from so much of an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered February 7, 1972 in Broome County, which denied plaintiffs’ motion, pursuant to CPLR 5015 (subd, [a]), to vacate a prior order dismissing their cause of action and for leave to serve a complaint. By prior order, the court dismissed the action pursuant to CPLR 3012 (subd. [b]) for failure to serve a complaint. No appeal was taken and the time to do so has expired. Appellants have now moved under CPLR 5015 (subd. [a]) to vacate the order on the grounds that there was an “ excusable default ”. The simple answer is that there was no default on the prior motion. The case was dismissed after appellants appeared and urged the court to excuse their failure to file a complaint. They may not relitigate that issue now by changing the statutory label on the motion papers and arguing that the failure to serve a complaint resulted in an order because of an excusable default, Order affirmed, without costs. Herlihy, P. J., Staley, Jr., Simons and Reynolds, JJ., concur; Greenblott, J., not taking part.