Legal Opinion

Merit Oil Heating Corp. v. Morfesis

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 6, 1982PublishedCited by 2 opinions

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

  1. Bock v. BockAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Mayo v. New York Telephone Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  2. Rodriguez v. Westco Realty Co.Civil Court of the City of New York · 1986

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