Pringle v. Long Island Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by James' S. Biddell, as administrator, with the will annexed, of James E. Pringle, deceased, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 30th day of December, 1897, denying his motion to be substituted as plaintiff in the above-entitled action.
1Opinion of the Court
Van Brunt, P. J.:
This action was commenced in 1886 to recover damages for the death of the plaintiff’s testator, which was alleged to have been ■ caused by the negligence of the deféndant. Issue was joined in June, 1886. The action was noticed for trial in. May, 1887, and was reached for trial in May, 1888, when it was marked “reserved generally.!’ No further proceedings were taken until the service of the motion papers on this application in October, 1897. The plaintiff, who was the executrix of the deceased, died on the 2d of July, 1894, and on the 15th of October, 1897, letters of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Holsman v. . St. JohnNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
3Cited by4 opinions
- Hale v. ShannonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
- Crowley v. MurphyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- Hale v. ShannonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
- Pringle v. Long Island RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898