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82 Misc. 407

Rosen v. Simons

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · decided 1913-10-15

Appeal by defendants from an order of the City Court of the city of New York permitting an inspection by the plaintiff of the vault of defendants by a mason and an electrician, and allowing a photographer to take photographs of such vault subject to certain restrictions and regulations imposed by the court.

Decided 1913-10-15

Bijur, J.

¶1The action is brought by a pledgor to recover the value of a pledge alleged to have been stolen by burglars from defendants’ vault wherein they kept such pledges.

¶2Plaintiff claims that the loss was caused through the negligence of defendants.

¶3The case seems to be one in which an inspection as provided in section 803 of the Code is appropriate. See Chojnacki v. Interborough R. T. Co., 76 Misc. Rep. 427; Donoghue v. Callanan, 152 App. Div. 162; Beyer v. Transit D. Co., 139 id. 724.

¶4*408The ultimate merits of the entire case on debatable questions of law urged by the defendants should not be decided on this motion. There seems, however, absolutely no reason why photographs of the vault should be taken.

¶5The order should, therefore, be modified by permitting one inspection of the interior and exterior of the vault, not to exceed two hours, at some time convenient to defendants, which can, no doubt, be agreed-upon between the respective counsel, by the electrician and mason named in the order, in the presence of plaintiff’s counsel. The order may also provide that there shall be no disturbance of the structure of the vault nor of any apparatus connected with it. As so modified the order is affirmed, without costs of this appeal to either party.

¶6Settle order on-notice.

Seabury and Guy, JJ., concur.

¶7Order modified, and, as so modified, affirmed, without costs.

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