Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1961

Pennington v. Ziman

Pennington v. Ziman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided May 29, 1961
13 A.D.2d 769; 216 N.Y.S.2d 1; 1961 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 10593
Pennington v. Ziman

Opinion of the Court

Order entered on July 28, 1960, denying defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint under rule 106 and subdivision 4 of rule 107 of the Rules of Civil Practice, unanimously reversed, on the law, with $20 costs and disbursements to appellant, and the motion granted, with $10 costs, with leave, however, for the plaintiff-respondent to replead, if so advised, upon a showing by allegation of ultimate facts that a rescission of the agreement would accomplish some proper purpose, since equity will not suffer the making of a vain arder. (Cf. Sivakoff v. Sivakoff, 280 App. Div. 106, 108.) Concur — Botein, P. J., Breitel, Valente, McNally and Stevens, JJ.

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