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1 Hall 76

Bracket v. Simonds

The Superior Court of New York City

Decided August 15, 1828

The Superior Court of New York City · decided 1828-08-15

Mr. Hawes, in behalf of the plaintiff, moved to set aside a default, which had been entered against him for not declaring, pursuant to a rule duly entered for that purpose, in the book of common rules.

Decided 1828-08-15

The Court,

¶1in accordance with the practice of the Supreme Court, set aside" the default in this case without costs, but observed, that in the city of New-York, there could be no good reason, why the pleading should not in all cases be filed, before a ■copy is served upon the opposite party.' In the country, where many attorneys reside ata distance from"’the clerk’s office, it might be productive of inconvenience, to compel the attorney to put the original paper on file in all cases, before the copy is *77served. And hence the reasonableness of the practice of the Supreme Court. But no" such inconvenience can arise with respect to this court. They therefore directed the following rule to be entered by the reporter.

¶2Regula generalis.

¶3“No copy of a declaration or other pleading shall be served “ upon the opposite party, until after the original shall have been “ regularly filed with the clerk of this court, and the appropriate “ rule entered in the rule book.”

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