Order reversed, in the exercise of discretion, with $10 costs and disbursements, and motion granted unconditionally.
Forty-eight months elapsed between the time of the service of the notice of appearance and demand for the complaint and the making of the motion to dismiss. In our opinion the failure to dismiss the complaint unconditionally was an improvident exercise of discretion (Bamford v. Kaunitz,
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