Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Mechler

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided April 18, 1927PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Schulz, S.

A motion to make more definite and certain is primarily to aid the applicant in pleading, whereas a motion for a bill of particulars is to prevent surprise on the trial or hearing. (Meredith v. Art Metal Construction Co., 97 Misc. 69, 83; affd., 176 App. Div. 945; Citizens’ Central National Bank v. Munn, 49 Misc. 319, 321; revd. on other grounds, 115 App. Div. 471.)

Facts properly ascertainable through a bill of particulars should not be supplied by requiring that a pleading be made more definite and certain. (Young v. White, No.l, 158 App. Div. 760.) Matters of time, place and…

2Cases cited10 opinions

Tilton v. . BeecherNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
United States Printing & Lithograph Co. v. PowersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
Kavanaugh v. Commonwealth Trust Co.New York Supreme Court · 1904
Pigone v. LauriaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
Meredith v. Art Metal Construction Co.New York Supreme Court · 1916

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3Cited by1 opinion

Gartrell v. JenningsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1954