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MATTER OF LANGERT v. TENNEY

5 A.D.2d 586 (1958)

In the Matter of Matthew J. Langert, Respondent, v. Charles H. Tenney, as Commissioner of Investigation of the City of New York, Appellant

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

May 13, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward A. Doberman of counsel (Seymour B. Quel with him on the brief; Peter Campbell Brown, Corporation Counsel, attorney), for appellant.

Edwin E. Roberts for respondent.

BOTEIN, P. J., RABIN, FRANK and McNALLY concur.

BREITEL, J.

The question is whether the Commissioner of Investigation of the City of New York may be compelled, at the private suit of an accused city building inspector, to disclose the name of an informant and the content of the communication made by such informant. The proceeding was brought under sections 295 and 296 of the Civil Practice Act for the purpose of obtaining and then using the information in an...

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