Orders reversed, with $10 costs and disbursements, and the respective motions denied.
The examination is to proceed on 10 days' notice. In our opinion, there was a sufficient showing that the wife will probably be an unfriendly, if not hostile, witness, adequate to support appellants' claim that the resultant situation constituted "special circumstances" (Civ. Prac. Act, § 288) justifying her examination before trial (cf. Malagoli v. Bernstein,
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