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10 Wend. 576

Lyon v. Hoffman

New York Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1833

New York Supreme Court · decided 1833-10-15

The defendant moved for judgment as in case of nonsuit, for the omission of the plaintiff to try his cause at a circuit holden in .the last week of June. The defendant offered no excuse for delaying the application until this time. The plaintiff insisted, that having waited until after a general term, the defendant was bound to excuse his default; and that, at all events, he should have made his motion at one of the two last special terms.

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Decided 1833-10-15

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Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently December 1910

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¶1*577By the Court,

Nelson, J»

¶2The defendant is regular. He as in time, until the next general term after the circuit, to make his motion. There having -been no special term after -the circuit, previous to the July term, he has until October, without offering any excuse for his delay.

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