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Schlacter v. Dowling

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jul 24, 1940
28 N.E.2d 724 (N.Y. 1940)

Opinion

Argued June 6, 1940

Decided July 24, 1940

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, NORTON, J.

Myron Wisoff and William S. Butler for appellant.

J. Osgood Nichols and James L. Quackenbush for respondents.


Judgment affirmed, with costs. The plaintiff having conceded the correctness of the report of the weather bureau, there was no substantial evidence that the water upon the subway platform was the cause, as plaintiff claimed, of the occurrence which resulted in the death of the intestate. No opinion.

Concur: LEHMAN, Ch. J., LOUGHRAN, FINCH, SEARS, LEWIS and CONWAY, JJ. RIPPEY, J., dissents on the ground a question of fact was presented.


Summaries of

Schlacter v. Dowling

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jul 24, 1940
28 N.E.2d 724 (N.Y. 1940)
Case details for

Schlacter v. Dowling

Case Details

Full title:RACHEL SCHLACTER, as Administratrix of the Estate of DAVID SCHLACTER…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Jul 24, 1940

Citations

28 N.E.2d 724 (N.Y. 1940)
28 N.E.2d 724

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