COMM'R OF WELFARE OF CITY OF NEW YORK v. BELL


276 A.D. 1078 (1950)

Commissioner of Welfare of the City of New York, on Complaint of Harriet Singer, Appellant, v. Walter Bell, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

April 25, 1950.


In view of the nature of this case and the facts disclosed herein, we prefer to uphold the view, on the issue of credibility, reached by the Trial Justices who saw and heard the witnesses.

Order affirmed.

Cohn and Shientag, JJ., dissent and vote to reverse and grant the application for an order of filiation on the ground that the letter of the defendant, despite his attempted explanation, is a clear and unmistakable admission that he had sexual relations with...

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