Legal Opinion
Bunger v. U. S. Blind Stitch Mach. Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 14, 1948PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEDINA, District Judge.
The motion for partial summary judgment may be denied only if the action in the Eastern District tolled' the Statute of Limitations. In the absence of statute the voluntary dismissal or discontinuance of a suit leaves the situation as if the suit had never been filed. Maryland Casualty Co. v. Latham, 5 Cir., 1930, 41 F.2d 312, 313; Foster v. New York Central & Hudson River R. R. 1st Dept. 1907, 118 App. Div. 143, 146, 103 N.Y.S. 531. Such is also the plain import of New York Civil Practice Act § 23.
The voluntary dismissal here was in strict accordance with the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. LathamCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1930
- Foster v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
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