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WATSON v. STATE OF NEW YORK

5 Misc.2d 868 (1957)

Bertha Watson, Claimant, v. State of New York, Defendant. (Claim No. 32652.) John Watson, Claimant, v. State of New York, Defendant. (Claim No. 32653.) Mae Higginson, Claimant, v. State of New York, Defendant. (Claim No. 33295.)

Court of Claims.

May 18, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Sweeney and Francis J. Keehan for John Watson and another, claimants.

Earl Matte for Mae Higginson, claimant.

Jacob K. Javits, Attorney-General (Joseph A. Cutro of counsel), for defendant.

FRED A. YOUNG, J.

Claimants were injured on March 29, 1954, in a collision with a truck of the New York National Guard driven by one Stanley Briggs, in Whitehall, New York. Briggs was operating the truck in line of his duty as a civilian employee, under the title of National Guard maintenance employee, and as such was a custodian of the military vehicles of the Whitehall unit. (It is immaterial that Briggs was...

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