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In re the Appointment of a Committee of the Estate of Marsh

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

Decided November 2, 1934PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Per curiam

Treating this application as one to be relieved from the effect of a prior order, entered through mistake, inadvertence or excusable neglect, it is not barred by section 108 of the Civil *291Practice Act, because of the one-year limitation therein. The court has inherent power beyond a one-year period to relieve from such an order or judgment to avoid miscarriage of justice. (Ladd v. Stevenson, 112 N. Y. 325; Hatch v. Central National Bank, 78 id. 487; Cimpritz v. Borden’s Farm Products Co., Inc., 240 App. Div. 778.)

The application was not identical with that made at the prior Special Term and…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Ladd v. . StevensonNew York Court of Appeals · 1889

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. In re the Final Accounting of NugentAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1937
  2. In re the Estate of MentoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1969
  3. In re CornellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934
  4. In re GouldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1938
  5. Klein v. FairbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935

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