Ward v. Smith

After the service of the answers the plaintiffs demurred to new matter contained therein. The issues of law were tried and the demurrers were overruled, witli leave to the plaintiffs to reply. The plaintiffs appealed from the interlocutory judgment, but obtained no stay of proceedings, or extension of time to serve replies, and the defendants noticed the issues of fact for trial and filed notes of issue for the May Special Term, 1904. The case appeared on the call calendar on the twentieth of May, and, over objections on the part of the plaintiffs, was marked “ Ready,” but was not reached upon the day calendar until the 3d of October, *3771904. In the meantime the Appellate Division had modified the interlocutory judgment (95 App. Div. 432) and granted leave to the plaintiffs to reply. Pursuant to such leave, the plaintiffs served replies on the 20th day of June, 1904, and due service was admitted. The defendants served new notices of trial for the October term ; but, according to an affidavit read by the plaintiffs on their motion to strike the cause from the calendar, did not file new notes of issue in accordance with their new notices of trial. On the 3d day of October, 1904, the case appeared upon the day calendar pursuant to the original note of issue; and the plaintiffs duly moved on affidavits and notice previously served and returnable that day to strike it from the calendar upon the ground that the date of issue had been changed by the service of the replies, and that the new issues had not been properly noticed for trial.

The time of the plaintiffs to serve replies under the interlocutory judgment of the Special Term having expired, and they having-obtained no stay or extension of time, the defendants were at liberty to notice the issues for trial, and place the case upon the May calendar as they "did ; but when the issues and the date of issue were changed by due service of the replies pursuant to leave of the Appellate Division the right of the defendants to retain the case on the calendar or to move it for trial pursuant to their original notice of trial terminated. The issues could then only be brought to trial upon the service of a new notice and the filing of a new note of issue. The plaintiffs waived no right by receiving the new notice of trial for the October term. That was properly served, and had a note of issue been filed the case could then have taken its place upon the Special Term calendar; but even in that event it could not have remained upon the day calendar, where it had been placed pursuant to the original notices of trial and notes of issue.

It follows, therefore, that the order should be reversed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and the motion granted, with ten dollars costs.

Van Brunt, P. J., Patterson, Ingraham and McLaughlin, JJ., concurred.

Order reversed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and motion granted, with ten dollars costs.