Matter of Petroleum Research Fund

The record before us presents a proper case for the exercise of discretionary power to grant intervention, as found in subdivision 2 of section 193-b of the Civil Practice Act. We construe this section as applying to both actions and proceedings.

To limit discretionary supervision to actions only, as contended by the appellant, is to utterly disregard the considerations which led to its enactment. A procedural device that is calculated to reform and modernize the remedy of intervention deserves a wide latitude of construction to effectuate its purposes.

This section was adopted in 1946 (L.…