Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The appellant's motion to dismiss the plaintiff's action for want of prosecution was properly denied in view of his failure to comply with the statutory requirements. Moreover, to the extent that the appellant's motion to dismiss was predicated on the equitable doctrine of laches, it must fail. "Laches is an equitable principle which may be invoked under proper conditions as a defense or shield against stale claims,...
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