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Minton v. Minton

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Nov 16, 2000
277 A.D.2d 103 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

November 16, 2000.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Eileen Bransten, J.), entered October 15, 1999, which, in an action for, inter alia, defamation, insofar as appealed from, granted defendant's motion to stay this action pending certain proceedings in Surrogate's Court, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Joel David Sharrow, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Michael S. Devorkin, for defendant-respondent.

Before: Williams, J.P., Mazzarelli, Lerner, Buckley, Friedman, JJ.


The stay was properly granted since the truth of the alleged defamatory statements at issue herein is likely to be decided in the earlier commenced Surrogate's Court proceedings, in which one of the plaintiffs and defendant herein seek each other's removal as coexecutor of an estate, and the other plaintiff herein is a beneficiary of the estate (see, El Greco, Inc. v. Cohn, 139 A.D.2d 615; Goodridge v. Fernandez, 121 A.D.2d 942, 944, 945; Schneider v. Lazard Freres Co., 159 A.D.2d 291, 293-294).

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.


Summaries of

Minton v. Minton

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Nov 16, 2000
277 A.D.2d 103 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

Minton v. Minton

Case Details

Full title:ALISON R. MINTON, ET AL., Plaintiff-Appellants, v. STUART MINTON JR.…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Nov 16, 2000

Citations

277 A.D.2d 103 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
717 N.Y.S.2d 519

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