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MATTER OF KILGUS v. BD. OF ESTIMATE OF CITY OF N. Y.

308 N.Y. 620 (1955)

In the Matter of Anna D. Kilgus, Appellant, v. Board of Estimate of the City of New York et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 9, 1955

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Archibald Goldstein, Bernard Rosenberg and Isidore Miller for appellant.

Leo A. Larkin, Acting Corporation Counsel (Henry J. Shields and Seymour B. Quel of counsel), for respondents.

DYE, FROESSEL and VAN VOORHIS, JJ., concur with CONWAY, Ch. J.; FULD, J., dissents in an opinion in which DESMOND, J., concurs; BURKE, J., taking no part.

CONWAY, Ch. J.

John Kilgus, deceased husband of petitioner, had been employed by the board of transportation of the City of New York as a car maintainer, and was a member of the city's employees' retirement system. On July 9, 1946, the decedent was assigned to duty at the subway yards at Tenth Avenue and 211th Street in New York City. His tour was to run from 1:00 A.M. to 9:00 A.M. At about 6:00 A.M., he was found...

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