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MORHOUS v. STATE OF NEW YORK

207 Misc. 105 (1955)

Charles M. Morhous, as Administrator of The Estate of Edward Laundry, Deceased, Claimant, v. State of New York, Defendant. (Claim No. 31941.)

Court of Claims.

January 24, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George J. L. Taylor and Thomas A. Robinson for claimant.

Jacob K. Javits, Attorney-General (Harold S. Coyne of counsel), for defendant.

SYLVESTER, J.

On July 3, 1951, claimant's intestate was drowned at Davis Lake, Macomb Reservation, New York, an unsupervised public camp site and recreational center owned by the State of New York.

Davis Lake is an artificial body of water, approximately one-half mile long and 100 yards wide, created by the damming of Salmon River and is contained within the Clinton Reforestration Area Number One, consisting of more than 6,000 acres. Since the...

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