PAGLIA v. STATE OF NEW YORK


278 A.D. 281 (1951)

Alfred Paglia, Respondent, v. State of New York, Appellant

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

May 18, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathaniel L. Goldstein, Attorney-General (Wendell P. Brown, Solicitor-General, and Henry S. Manley of counsel), for appellant.

James R. Skahen for respondent.

Present — TAYLOR, P. J., McCURN, VAUGHAN, PIPER and WHEELER, JJ.


PIPER, J.

The Court of Claims has held that in the issuance of a motor vehicle registration certificate the State owes a duty to a subsequent purchaser of the registered vehicle to use some degree of care in determining that the applicant is the owner of the motor vehicle for which registration is sought. If such is the rule of law, it must arise from the statute.

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