CHAUVIN v. KENIRY


4 A.D.3d 700 (2004)

773 N.Y.S.2d 142

ROBERT J. CHAUVIN, Respondent, v. WILLIAM H. KENIRY, Individually and as Coexecutor of PATRICK J. KENIRY, Deceased, et al., Appellants.

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

February 26, 2004.


Kane, J.

This case requires us to review different statutory bases for dismissing a matter for want of prosecution. The parties were partners in a law firm which ceased operations in 1983. Their accountant determined the distribution between the parties, with defendants owing plaintiff $1,329.71. A dispute arose over the distribution, leading to commencement of this action in 1988. In April 1993, plaintiff filed a trial note of issue and demanded a jury trial. Upon...

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