Becker v. City of New York

• Decision Date: 22 May 1956
• Citation: 153 N.Y.S.2d 538,1 A.D.2d 1004
• Parties: Sol BECKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Defendant-Respondent.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

Page 538

153 N.Y.S.2d 538

1 A.D.2d 1004

Sol BECKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, First Department.

May 22, 1956.

M. U. Greenberg, New York City, for plaintiff-appellant.

A. Weinstein, New York City, for defendant-respondent.

Judgment affirmed with costs. No opinion. See also, 208 Misc. 744, 145 N.Y.S.2d 22.

BREITEL, J. P., dissents and votes to reverse and grant a new trial on the authority of Liubowsky v. State, 260 App.Div. 416, 23 N.Y.S.2d 633, affirmed 285 N.Y. 701, 34 N.E.2d 385; Robinson v. State, 263 App.Div. 240, 32 N.Y.S.2d 388; Court of Claims Act, § 8; Bernardine v. City of New York, 294 N.Y. 361, 62 N.E.2d 604, 161 A.L.R. 364. Cf. Kaplan v. State, 198 Misc. 62, 95 N.Y.S.2d 890, affirmed 277 App.Div. 1065, 100 N.Y.S.2d 693.