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John M. Ward, Appellant, v. The City of Brooklyn, Respondent, Impleaded with Others, 1900 — 164 N.Y. 591 · caselaw · US
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John M. Ward, Appellant, v. The City of Brooklyn, Respondent, Impleaded with Others
164 N.Y. 591·New York Court of Appeals·1900·NY
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Opinion
John M. Ward, Appellant, v. The City of Brooklyn, Respondent, Impleaded with Others.
Wan'd v. City of Brooklyn, 33 App. Div. 430, affirmed.
(Argued October 15, 1900;
decided October 30, 1900.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered August 3, 1898, affirming a judgment in favor of defendants entered upon a dismissal of the complaint by the court at Special Term.
Sanders Shanks and Andrew F. Van Thun, Jr., for appellant.
John Whalen, Corporation Counsel ( William J. Carr of counsel), for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Parker, Ch. J., Gray, Bartlett. Martin, Yann and Werner, JJ. Not sitting: Cullen, J.