Case Name: Joseph Roth, as Administrator of the Estate of Jean Roth, Deceased, Respondent, v. State of New York, Appellant; John J. Murphy et al., as Administrators of the Estate of Mary E. Murphy, Deceased, Respondents, v. State of New York, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1942-12-03
Citations: 289 N.Y. 726
Docket Number: Claim No. 25302; Claim No. 25303
Parties: Joseph Roth, as Administrator of the Estate of Jean Roth, Deceased, Respondent, v. State of New York, Appellant. John J. Murphy et al., as Administrators of the Estate of Mary E. Murphy, Deceased, Respondents, v. State of New York, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 289
Pages: 726–727

Head Matter:
Joseph Roth, as Administrator of the Estate of Jean Roth, Deceased, Respondent, v. State of New York, Appellant. John J. Murphy et al., as Administrators of the Estate of Mary E. Murphy, Deceased, Respondents, v. State of New York, Appellant.
(Claim No. 25302.)
(Claim No. 25303.)
Argued October 21, 1942;
decided December 3, 1942.
John J. Bennett, Jr., Attorney-General (James H. Glavin, Jr., of counsel), for appellant.
M. Francis Malone and Leo O. Coupe for respondents.

Opinion:
Judgments affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Loughran, Finch, Rippey, Conway and Desmond, JJ. Lehman, Ch. J., and Lewis, J., dissent on the ground there was no proof of breach of duty by the State.