Complitano v. Steel & Alloy Tank Co.

Decision Date20 March 1961
Docket NumberNo. A--94,A--94
Citation34 N.J. 300,168 A.2d 809
PartiesDominick COMPLITANO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STEEL & ALLOY TANK, CO., Respondent-Respondent.
CourtNew Jersey Supreme Court

Louis C. Jacobson, Newark, for appellant.

Isidor Kalisch, Newark, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

The judgment is reversed for the reasons expressed in the dissenting opinion of Judge Conford in the Appellate Division.

HALL and HANEMAN, JJ., vote to affirm the judgment for the reasons expressed in the majority opinion of Judge Foley.

For reversal: Chief Justice WEINTRAUB and Justices JACOBS, FRANCIS, PROCTOR and SCHETTINO--5.

For affirmance: Justices HALL and HANEMAN--2.

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