Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of William McEwan, Appellant, against City of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1952-06-06
Citations: 304 N.Y. 628
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of William McEwan, Appellant, against City of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 304
Pages: 628–629

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of William McEwan, Appellant, against City of New York, Respondent.
Argued May 27, 1952;
decided June 6, 1952.
Adolph Koeppel and Martin Koeppel for appellant.
Denis M. Hurley, Corporation Counsel (Fred Isool and Seymour B. Quel of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
Order affirmed, without costs; no opinion.
Concur: Loughban, Ch. J., Lewis, Desmond and Dye, JJ. Fuld and Froessel, JJ., dissent and vote to reverse the order of the Appellate Division and affirm the order of the Special Term, upon the ground that, under the circumstances of this issue, it was an abuse of discretion to refuse to permit the filing of the claim. Not sitting: Conway, J.