MATTER OF PRYOR v. PRESBYTERIAN HOME FOR AGED WOMEN


9 N.Y.2d 869 (1961)

In the Matter of the Claim of Ruby Pryor, Respondent, v. Presbyterian Home for Aged Women et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 27, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Busell and Charles G. Tierney for appellants.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Jorge L. Gomez, Paxton Blair and Roy Wiedersum of counsel), for respondent.

No appearance for Workmen's Compensation Board, respondent.

Concur: Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges DYE, FULD, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE and FOSTER.


Order reversed, award of the Workmen's Compensation Board annulled and claim dismissed, with costs against respondent Workmen's Compensation Board in this court and in the Appellate Division, upon the ground that it cannot be reasonably said that this injury arose out of or in the course of employment...

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