Valstrey Service Corp. v. Board of Elections

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Valstrey Service Corp. v. Board of Elections

1 A.D.2d 976, 151 N.Y.S.2d 86, 1956 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5737

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedApril 23, 1956

StatusPublished

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Valstrey Service Corp. v. Board of Elections, 1 A.D.2d 976, 151 N.Y.S.2d 86, 1956 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5737 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1956).

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Opinion

Appeal from an order denying appellant’s application for leave to serve a late notice of claim on the Board of Elections, Nassau County, and on County of Nassau Sanitation and Water Supply Division (departments of Nassau County, a municipal corporation), prospective third-party defendants, pursuant to the provisions of subdivision 5 of section 50-e of the General Municipal Law. One Sadie Aseher was injured on November 2, 1954, when, as she was about to enter premises known as 145 East Merrick Road, Valley Stream, she was caused to step into a hole or pit and was thrown to the ground. She sued the owners of the building and the lessee, the appellant herein, to recover damages for personal injuries. The date of the commencement of the action against appellant does not clearly appear in the record, but the parties to this appeal both argue on the assumption that it was on or about May 5, 1955. The notice of motion for leave to serve the notice of claim and the verification of the affidavit of the attorney for appellant in support of the motion were dated July 22, 1955, and the proposed third-party complaint annexed to the motion papers, setting forth two purported causes of action, pursuant to section 193-a of the Civil Practice Act, to recover over against said departments of Nassau County, was verified August 2,1955 — both within ninety days from May 5,1955. Order affirmed, without costs. The sole basis of our affirmance is that under the circumstances here presented the statute (General Municipal Law, § 50-e, subd. 5) does not confer upon the court the discretion to permit the service of a late notice of claim. We do not, however, on this appeal reach or determine the broader and more pertinent question whether here, in the first instance, there is any requirement for the service by appellant of a notice of claim, nor, if there be such requirement, the appropriate date of the beginning of the period of limitation prescribed for service of the notice. Nolan, P. J., Wenzel, Murphy, Ughetta and Kleinfeld, JJ., concur.

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Appeal from an order denying appellant’s application for leave to serve a late notice of claim on the Board of Elections, Nassau County, and on County of Nassau Sanitation and Water Supply Division (departments of Nassau County, a municipal corporation), prospective third-party defendants, pursuant to the provisions of subdivision 5 of section 50-e of the General Municipal Law. One Sadie Aseher was injured on November 2, 1954, when, as she was about to enter premises known as 145 East Merrick Road, Valley Stream, she was caused to step into a hole or pit and was thrown to the ground. She sued the owners of the building and the lessee, the appellant herein, to recover damages for personal injuries. The date of the commencement of the action against appellant does not clearly appear in the record, but the parties to this appeal both argue on the assumption that it was on or about May 5, 1955. The notice of motion for leave to serve the notice of claim and the verification of the affidavit of the attorney for appellant in support of the motion were dated July 22, 1955, and the proposed third-party complaint annexed to the motion papers, setting forth two purported causes of action, pursuant to section 193-a of the Civil Practice Act, to recover over against said departments of Nassau County, was verified August 2,1955 — both within ninety days from May 5,1955. Order affirmed, without costs. The sole basis of our affirmance is that under the circumstances here presented the statute (General Municipal Law, § 50-e, subd. 5) does not confer upon the court the discretion to permit the service of a late notice of claim. We do not, however, on this appeal reach or determine the broader and more pertinent question whether here, in the first instance, there is any requirement for the service by appellant of a notice of claim, nor, if there be such requirement, the appropriate date of the beginning of the period of limitation prescribed for service of the notice. Nolan, P. J., Wenzel, Murphy, Ughetta and Kleinfeld, JJ., concur.

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1 A.D.2d 976, 151 N.Y.S.2d 86, 1956 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5737, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/valstrey-service-corp-v-board-of-elections-nyappdiv-1956.