Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1956

Staszak v. Buffalo Transit Co.

Staszak v. Buffalo Transit Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided May 21, 1956
2 A.D.2d 652; 152 N.Y.S.2d 24; 1956 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5274
Staszak v. Buffalo Transit Co.

Opinion of the Court

Judgment and order reversed on the law, with costs to the appellants, and a new trial granted without prejudice to the plaintiffs to move to amend their complaint at Special Term if so advised. Memorandum: We are of the opinion that to dismiss the complaint upon the opening was error. (French v. Central N. Y. Power Corp., 275 App. Div. 238.) All concur. (Appeal from a judgment of Erie Trial Term dismissing the complaint on the opening of plaintiff. The order directed dismissal of the complaint and denied plaintiffs’ motion to amend the complaint to include matters stated in the opening.) Present—MeCurn, P. J., Kimball, Wheeler, Williams and Bastow, JJ.

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