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Matter of Molloy v. Lawley, Sims

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jun 12, 1969
250 N.E.2d 718 (N.Y. 1969)

Opinion

Argued June 12, 1969

Decided June 12, 1969

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Fourth Judicial Department, ROLLIN A. FANCHER, J.

Thomas P. Flaherty for appellants.

William Sims for respondent.


Order reversed, without costs, and the order of Special Term reinstated in the following memorandum: Respondent Sims by the position taken upon the trial limited the issues to the single point of law raised by motion and unequivocally withdrew from the proceeding and elected not to contest the ensuing issues of fact. Consequently, there was no jurisdiction to review any question other than the point of law raised. Moreover, by her conduct respondent prevented petitioners from establishing their contentions as to the invalidity of additional signatures.

Concur: Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL and JASEN.


Summaries of

Matter of Molloy v. Lawley, Sims

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jun 12, 1969
250 N.E.2d 718 (N.Y. 1969)
Case details for

Matter of Molloy v. Lawley, Sims

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of JAMES T. MOLLOY, Appellant, v. JAMES R. LAWLEY et al.…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Jun 12, 1969

Citations

250 N.E.2d 718 (N.Y. 1969)
250 N.E.2d 718
303 N.Y.S.2d 672

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