Hayden v. Gold Seal Products Co.

New York Supreme Court

Hayden v. Gold Seal Products Co.

139 Misc. 333, 248 N.Y.S. 320, 1931 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 1123

CourtNew York Supreme Court

DecidedJanuary 30, 1931

StatusPublished

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Hayden v. Gold Seal Products Co., 139 Misc. 333, 248 N.Y.S. 320, 1931 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 1123 (N.Y. Super. Ct. 1931).

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Rodenbeck, J.

On the authority of Teall v. Roeser (206 App. Div. 371) the plaintiffs are entitled to an examination before trial in order to frame their complaint. The plaintiffs might commence an action in equity for an accounting, or sue for damages, and they are entitled to have the examination in order to determine the form of their action. “ The form of the action to be brought in this case is material, as on it will depend the right of the plaintiff [334]*334to a jury trial.” (Teall v. Roeser, supra, 373.) The case of Flaacke v. Peck (212 App. Div. 883) and other similar cases, in which an examination was denied, where the only information sought was the exact amount of the recovery to be demanded, have no application to the situation that exists in this case. The tendency in this department is to liberalize the practice with reference to examinations before trial, as illustrated in the case of Lunt v. 240 Goodman Street South, Inc. (232 App. Div. 717), where the plaintiff was permitted to have an examination as to a defense, on the theory that the plaintiff was entitled to be prepared to anticipate ‘‘ defendant’s furnishing evidence controverting plaintiff’s prima facie case.”

Motion granted, without costs.

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Rodenbeck, J.

On the authority of Teall v. Roeser (206 App. Div. 371) the plaintiffs are entitled to an examination before trial in order to frame their complaint. The plaintiffs might commence an action in equity for an accounting, or sue for damages, and they are entitled to have the examination in order to determine the form of their action. “ The form of the action to be brought in this case is material, as on it will depend the right of the plaintiff [334]*334to a jury trial.” (Teall v. Roeser, supra, 373.) The case of Flaacke v. Peck (212 App. Div. 883) and other similar cases, in which an examination was denied, where the only information sought was the exact amount of the recovery to be demanded, have no application to the situation that exists in this case. The tendency in this department is to liberalize the practice with reference to examinations before trial, as illustrated in the case of Lunt v. 240 Goodman Street South, Inc. (232 App. Div. 717), where the plaintiff was permitted to have an examination as to a defense, on the theory that the plaintiff was entitled to be prepared to anticipate ‘‘ defendant’s furnishing evidence controverting plaintiff’s prima facie case.”

Motion granted, without costs.

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