Patterson v. Hochster
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by tlie plaintiff, Bridget Patterson, as administratrix, etc., of Mary Flannery, 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 14th day of June, 1897, denying her motion to open a judgment and for liberty to amend her complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, J. :
The action was brought to recover damages resulting from the death of ■ plaintiff’s intestate, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant.
At the trial the defendant moved to dismiss the complaint on the ground that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The court held the complaint defective. Counsel for plaintiff then asked to be allowed to amend, and if defendant’s counsel desired, to arrest the trial and allow the case to go ■ over the term. The court denied this relief, suggesting that the plaintiff could bring a new action.…
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