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CLEVENGER v. BAKER VOORHIS & CO.

8 N.Y.2d 187 (1960)

Joseph R. Clevenger, Appellant, v. Baker Voorhis & Co., Defendant, and Matthew Bender & Co., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 8, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. Clevenger, appellant in person.

John L. McCormick and Thomas C. P. Martin for respondent.

Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges DYE, FULD, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE and FOSTER concur.

FROESSEL, J.

The sole issue before us on this appeal is whether the complaint states facts sufficient to constitute any cause of action. Under familiar rules, we must accord the complaint a liberal construction (Civ. Prac. Act, § 275), and if it states, in some recognizable form, any cause of action known to our law, then it was improperly dismissed below (Dulberg v. Mock, 1 N.Y.2d...

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