MATTER OF MOORE v. CITY OF NEW YORK


276 A.D. 585 (1950)

In the Matter of Alice Moore, as Committee of the Person and Property of John F. Moore, an Incompetent, Appellant, v. City of New York, Respondent

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

April 11, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan S. Blum of counsel (Abraham Rubin with him on the brief; Andrew W. Tully, attorney), for appellant.

Fred Iscol of counsel (Seymour B. Quel with him on the brief; John P. McGrath, Corporation Counsel, attorney), for respondent.

GLENNON, DORE and SHIENTAG, JJ., concur with COHN, J.; PECK, P. J., dissents in opinion.


COHN, J.

On February 14, 1947, John Francis Moore sustained severe head injuries allegedly through negligence attributable to the City of New York. As a result, it is claimed that he became mentally incompetent. He was admitted to Bellevue Hospital, and thereafter transferred to the Veterans Division of the Kings Park State Hospital by order of the Supreme Court upon an adjudication of insanity. Alice Moore,...

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