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Munson v. Board of Educ. of Cent. Sch. Dist. No. 1

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jul 10, 1963
192 N.E.2d 272 (N.Y. 1963)

Opinion

Argued April 29, 1963

Decided July 10, 1963

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Third Judicial Department, MICHAEL E. SWEENEY, J.

John R. Davison, Harlan G. Carson and Rose M. Frederickson for appellant.

F. Walter Bliss for respondents.


Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.

Concur: Judges DYE, FULD, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE, FOSTER and SCILEPPI. Chief Judge DESMOND dissents and votes to reverse upon the ground that plaintiff made out a cause of action consisting of the proof that the person assigned to supervise this play area failed in her duty, and that the question as to whether the accident was caused by the intervening conduct of a fellow student was one for the jury.


Summaries of

Munson v. Board of Educ. of Cent. Sch. Dist. No. 1

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jul 10, 1963
192 N.E.2d 272 (N.Y. 1963)
Case details for

Munson v. Board of Educ. of Cent. Sch. Dist. No. 1

Case Details

Full title:HARRY MUNSON, JR., an Infant, by HARRY MUNSON, SR., His Guardian ad Litem…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Jul 10, 1963

Citations

192 N.E.2d 272 (N.Y. 1963)
192 N.E.2d 272
242 N.Y.S.2d 492

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