Legal Opinion
Breen v. Cohen Auto Co.
Nassau County District Court
Decided November 2, 1973PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFbanois J. Donovan, J.
TMs is a motion to open a default judgment in a small claim proceeding. The application involves two areas which are of particular importance to small claim litigants.
*928First, there is the policy of adjourning small claim matters. When this proceeding came on for hearing, the attorney for the defendant corporation did not personally appear. He sent a non-lawyer with a verbal request for an adjournment. The request was to adjourn because the defendant was impleading the Chrysler Corp. as a third-party defendant. The application to adjourn was denied. Since the attorney had not appeared in'court…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- McFall v. Compagnie Maritime Belge (Lloyd Royal) S. A.New York Court of Appeals · 1952
- Dahlstrom v. . GemunderNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
- Price v. Spielman Motor Sales Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1941
- City of New York v. New York Central RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
- Dato v. VatlandNassau County District Court · 1962
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Kure v. Chevrolet Motor DivisionWyoming Supreme Court · 1978
- Carbo Industries, Inc. v. Becker Chevrolet, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- Hayden v. L.I.L. Co.New York District Court · 1982
- Dennin v. General Motors Corp.New York Supreme Court · 1974
- Booth Real Estate & Insurance Agency v. Sprague Heating & ElectricOhio Court of Appeals · 1991