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WILLIAMS v. STATE OF NEW YORK

15 Misc.2d 721 (1958)

Owen H. Williams, Claimant, v. State of New York, Defendant. (Claim No. 32481.)

Court of Claims.

August 26, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael C. Gray for claimant.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Edward R. Murphy or counsel), for defendant.

RUSSELL G. HUNT, J.

This is a claim to recover damages arising out of the claimant's alleged unlawful detention and confinement at Rockland State Hospital for the insane pursuant to an order made on July 24, 1953, at a Special Term of the Supreme Court, New York County, and which order, it is alleged, was defective on its face and afforded no proper basis for such detention and confinement.

The claimant was arrested in New York County on June...

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