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Matter of Bernikow

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jan 13, 1928
222 App. Div. 269 (N.Y. App. Div. 1928)

Summary

In Fellmeth v. City of Yonkers, 222 A.D. 815, 226 N.Y.S. 158, it was held that the statutory requirement for notice and written claim for injuries from a defective street could not be waived by corporation counsel.

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Opinion

January 13, 1928.

Einar Chrystie, for the petitioner.


The respondent was admitted to the bar in September, 1919, in the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department.

On November 2, 1927, respondent pleaded guilty to the crime of forgery in the second degree (which crime is a felony) in the Court of General Sessions of the County of New York, and was sentenced to imprisonment in State prison for a term the minimum of which was two years and six months, and the maximum ten years.

Under the provisions of section 88, subdivision 3, of the Judiciary Law, an exemplified copy of such judgment of conviction of said respondent having been presented to this court, his name is hereby ordered to be stricken from the roll of attorneys and he should be disbarred. (See Judiciary Law, §§ 477, 478.)

FINCH, McAVOY, MARTIN and O'MALLEY, JJ., concur.

Respondent disbarred.


Summaries of

Matter of Bernikow

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jan 13, 1928
222 App. Div. 269 (N.Y. App. Div. 1928)

In Fellmeth v. City of Yonkers, 222 A.D. 815, 226 N.Y.S. 158, it was held that the statutory requirement for notice and written claim for injuries from a defective street could not be waived by corporation counsel.

Summary of this case from Hallman v. City of Pampa
Case details for

Matter of Bernikow

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of MAURICE BERNIKOW, an Attorney, Respondent

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Jan 13, 1928

Citations

222 App. Div. 269 (N.Y. App. Div. 1928)
226 N.Y.S. 158

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