Corporations

Augusta Rork, Appellant, v. The City of New York, Respondent

182 N.Y. 508·New York Court of Appeals·1905·NY

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Opinion

Augusta Rork, Appellant, v. The City of New York, Respondent. (Argued May 5, 1905; decided June 6, 1905.) Rork v. City of New York, 102 App. Div. 616, affirmed. Appeal from a judgment, entered March 10, 1905, up,on 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, denying a motion for a new trial and directing that the complaint be dismissed. George H. Fletcher for appellant. John J. Delany, Corporation Counsel (Theodore Connoly and Terence Farley of counsel), for respondent. [MAJORITY] Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion. Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Gray, O’Brien, Bartlett, Haight, Vann and Werner, JJ.