Merit Oil Heating Corp. v. Morfesis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— Appeal by defendant, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Beisheim, J.), dated September 21, 1981, as, upon vacating a default judgment taken against him, imposed costs as a condition of the vacatur. Order reversed insofar as appealed from, with $50 costs and disbursements, and the provision imposing costs is deleted. Litigants and their attorneys have a right to rely upon the observance of court rules which provide for the postponement of a trial based on the actual engagement of counsel in another court (see Rules of Practice, Supreme…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bock v. BockAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
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