Bates Real Estate, Inc. v. Marquette Land Co.

— Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Harlem, J.), entered January 8, 1982 in Delaware County, which, inter alia, denied plaintiff’s motion for a default judgment and granted defendants’ cross motion for an extension of time in which to answer. This is an action arising out of two agreements, both of which involved plaintiff as either a real estate agent for defendants or as a purchaser of defendants’ realty. Initially, two actions were commenced by service of summons with notice upon defendants on September 26, 1978. A copy of the complaints and notice of pendency was…