Fitzpatrick v. Honnell
This text of 142 Misc. 101 (Fitzpatrick v. Honnell) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering New York Supreme Court primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
I am of opinion, and decide, that this motion for the taking of the deposition of the defendant Cervieri as a party before trial should have been made upon notice not only to the said defendant to whom notice was given, but also to the defendant Honnell, who has appeared and answered, but to whom notice of this application has not been given. Examine the mandatory provision of section 292 of the Civil Practice Act, and read also Solomitz v. Steinberg (225 App. Div. 851). The reason for the said provision of section 292, undoubtedly, is that no deposition could properly be read upon the trial of the action unless both defendants had the opportunity to cross-examine upon the taking of the deposition.
The instant motion of the plaintiff for the examination of the defendant Cervieri before trial is denied, with ten dollars costs of the motion to the defendant Cervieri to abide the event of the action; but without prejudice to plaintiff’s renewal of the motion upon proper notice to both defendants.
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142 Misc. 101, 253 N.Y.S. 37, 1931 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 1759, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/fitzpatrick-v-honnell-nysupct-1931.