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110 A.D. 813

Allter v. Jerome

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · decided 1906-01-08

Appeal by the defendants, Lydia Jerome and another^ from an order of the Supreme Court, made at .the Fulton- Special Term and entered in'the office of the clerk of the county of Montgomery on the 31st day of August, 1905, directing the defendants to furnish a / bill of particulars. . | The plaintiff, by his amended complaint, al'leges that he recovered a judgment against the defendant Jerome in 1901 on a claim for groceries and provisions sold to her in 1896, arid…

Decided 1906-01-08

Chase, J.:

¶1Hot at least without some special reason therefor should, the .'defendants be required to ‘furnish the plaintiff with -the evidence relied upon .by them to sustain • their defense. Heither the date • when the-agreement between the defendants was made, nor the. fact whether the agreement was oral or in writing, is in itself of importance in this action. The defendants have stated - that the. consideration for said deed was the services performed by the defendant Smith for the defendant Jerome, and no other or further consider- ■ atioti. is claimed nor alleged. Ho..special reason being shown therefor, justice does not seem to require that the defendants should answer the questions as required by the bill of particulars, and we think that the court should not have granted the* order. The order should be reversed, with ten dollars costs and. disbursements. . .

¶2All concurred.

¶3Order reversed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements.

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