ATKINSON v. LO CONTI


24 A.D.2d 757 (1965)

Joseph A. Atkinson, as Executor of Luigi Melito, Deceased, Appellant, v. Maria Lo Conti et al., Respondents

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

October 4, 1965


Judgment reversed, without costs, and action restored to the calendar for trial on condition that plaintiff shall pay to defendants $100.

The dismissal of the action was an improvident exercise of discretion in view of the seriousness of the allegations of the complaint, the willingness of plaintiff to proceed to trial the following week, and the unavailability of trial counsel, who was in possession of the papers and records necessary for the trial of the action...

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