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May v. Board of Educ., Union Free School District No. 1

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jun 6, 1946
68 N.E.2d 44 (N.Y. 1946)

Opinion

Argued April 11, 1946

Decided June 6, 1946

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

Sidney H. Reich and Leon Shalov for appellants.

Walter L. Glenney for respondent.


Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.

Concur: LOUGHRAN, Ch. J., LEWIS, THACHER and DYE, JJ; CONWAY, J., dissents in the following memorandum in which DESMOND, J., concurs: Questions of fact were presented on this record as to the negligence of the defendant in improperly constructing and maintaining its schoolyard, which questions should have been submitted to the jury. ( Noreck v. Fronczak, 294 N.Y. 751; Popow v. Central School District, 277 N.Y. 538; Miller v. Board of Education, 291 N.Y. 25; Lessin v. Board of Education, 247 N.Y. 503, 509; Carlock v. Westchester Lighting Co., 268 N.Y. 345, 350.)


Summaries of

May v. Board of Educ., Union Free School District No. 1

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jun 6, 1946
68 N.E.2d 44 (N.Y. 1946)
Case details for

May v. Board of Educ., Union Free School District No. 1

Case Details

Full title:HOWARD T. MAY, an Infant, by DAVID T. MAY, His Guardian ad Litem, et al.…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Jun 6, 1946

Citations

68 N.E.2d 44 (N.Y. 1946)
68 N.E.2d 44

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