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McCandless v. State of New York

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Feb 28, 1958
4 N.Y.2d 797 (N.Y. 1958)

Opinion

Argued January 17, 1958

Decided February 28, 1958

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, CHARLES T. MAJOR, J.

Isidor Neuwirth, Emil Katzka and Abraham Fleischmann for appellant-respondent.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General ( J. Bruce MacDonald and John R. Davison of counsel), for respondent-appellant.


Judgment affirmed, without costs; no opinion.

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


Summaries of

McCandless v. State of New York

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Feb 28, 1958
4 N.Y.2d 797 (N.Y. 1958)
Case details for

McCandless v. State of New York

Case Details

Full title:JUNE M. McCANDLESS, an Incompetent, by GRACE I. McCANDLESS, Her Guardian…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Feb 28, 1958

Citations

4 N.Y.2d 797 (N.Y. 1958)
173 N.Y.S.2d 30
149 N.E.2d 530

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