Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1964

Shahmoon v. Shahmoon

Shahmoon v. Shahmoon
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided May 18, 1964
21 A.D.2d 688; 252 N.Y.S.2d 28; 1964 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3793
Shahmoon v. Shahmoon

Opinion of the Court

In an action to compel defendant to account as a trustee for his stewardship of property under two trust agreements, defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, dated November 22, 1963, which denied his motion to dismiss the complaint for lack of prosecution. Order affirmed, without costs. Under the unusual circumstances here present, it may *689not be said that the Special Term, improvidently exercised its discretion in denying the motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to prosecute. Beldock, P. J., Kleinfeld, Christ, Brennan and Hopkins, JJ., concur.

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