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James McKnight, Jr., an Infant, by James McKnight, his Guardian ad Litem, Appellant, v. The City of New York, Respondent, 1905 — 182 N.Y. 518 · caselaw · US
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James McKnight, Jr., an Infant, by James McKnight, his Guardian ad Litem, Appellant, v. The City of New York, Respondent
182 N.Y. 518·New York Court of Appeals·1905·NY
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Opinion
James McKnight, Jr., an Infant, by James McKnight, his Guardian ad Litem, Appellant, v. The City of New York, Respondent.
(Argued June 7, 1905;
decided June 9, 1905.)
McKnight v. City of New York, 98 App. Div. 622, appeal dismissed.
Appeal from a judgment entered December 5, 1904, upon an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department overruling plaintiff’s exceptions ordered to be heard in the first instance by the Appellate Division and directing that the complaint be dismissed.
J. Brownson Ker and M. P. O' Connor for appellant.
John J. Delany, Corporation Counsel (Theodore Connoly, Terence Farley and Thomas F. Noonan of counsel), for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Appeal dismissed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Gray, O’Brien, Bartlett, Haight, Vann and Werner, JJ.