Legal Opinion
Lancer v. Baumrin
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided April 18, 1956PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Per curiam
A cross complaint for the determination of ultimate rights in a negligence action is not barred by the three-year Statute of Limitations (Civ. Prac. Act, § 49) when that statute is not a bar to the claim asserted in the main action of the plaintiff. (Feldstein v. Bevier, 278 App. Div. 828.) The right to indemnity “ rests upon the principle that every one is responsible for the consequences of his own wrong, and if another person has been compelled to pay the damages which the wrongdoer should have paid the latter becomes liable to the former ” (Dunn v. Uvalde Asphalt Paving Co., 175 N. Y.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Dunn v. . Uvalde Asphalt Paving Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Galka v. City of AlbanyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1954
- Feldstein v. BevierAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1951
3Cited by6 opinions
- Adams v. LindsayNew York Supreme Court · 1974
- Gates-Chili Central School District v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
- Friedman v. Typhoon Air Conditioning Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1962
- McDonald v. Blue Jeans Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1960
- Murphy v. BarronNew York Supreme Court · 1965
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