Legal Opinion

Wolf v. People's Surety Co.

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

Decided December 22, 1909Published

Appeal .from. Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Fifth District. Action by Sanford Wolf against the People’s Surety Company of New York. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.

1Per curiam

There is evidence that plaintiff gave defendant' notice of the pendency of his action against Woods, to recover damages for negligent blasting, against which both Woods and defendant had given their joint bond of indemnity, running to the city of New York. There is also evidence that the notice was given four days before trial of plaintiff’s action against Woods. This court cannot say that the notice was unreasonably short, in view of the facility with which adjournments may be had in the Municipal Court, in which that-action was tried, but must follow the ruling of the trial judge.

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Obendorfer v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909

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