Case Name: Alfonso F. Messineo, Appellant, v. City of Amsterdam, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1966-01-20
Citations: 17 N.Y.2d 523
Docket Number: 
Parties: Alfonso F. Messineo, Appellant, v. City of Amsterdam, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 17
Pages: 523–525

Head Matter:
Alfonso F. Messineo, Appellant, v. City of Amsterdam, Respondent.
Argued January 6, 1966;
decided January 20, 1966.
Frances R. Silverman for appellant.
Charles Ward Brown for respondent.

Opinion:
Order affirmed, without costs; no opinion.
Concur: Chief Judge Desmond and Judges Fuld, ' Van Voorhis, Burke, Scileppi and Keating. Chief Judge Desmond and Judge Keating concur in the following memorandum: Affirmance here seems compelled under the rule of non- liability most recently applied by this court in Motyka v. City of Amsterdam (15 N Y 2d 134) and Henry v. City of New York (15 N Y 2d 726) and which rule the court now declines to change. However, we again call attention, as in the dissent in Motyka (supra, p. 140), to the injustice of the rule and its incongruity under modern conditions. Taking no part: Judge Bergan.