Keane v. Connecticut Fire Insurance

It seems to us that Craig v. City of New York (228 App. Div. 275) does not preclude the granting of relief to the plaintiff in this action. There the Civil Practice Act amendment (§ 426, subd. 5), corresponding to section 16-a of the New York City Court Act (added by Laws of 1930, chap. 514), was enacted *292more than two years before the order appealed from in the- Craig case was made, so that the bar had ample notice of the amendment. Here, however, section 16-a of ^ the City Court Act was approved by the Governor and went into effect April .16, 1930, and when the notice of trial in this action…