Order reversed, without costs, and motion granted, without costs.
Plaintiff failed to offer a reasonable excuse for the delay of over seventeen years in bringing the case on for trial. In the circumstances, defendants are entitled to a dismissal of the action without condition, and it was an improvident exercise of discretion to deny them such relief. (Messing v. City of New York, 285 App...
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