Case Name: John Hurd, Respondent, v. Republic Steel Corporation, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1945-04-12
Citations: 294 N.Y. 736
Docket Number: 
Parties: John Hurd, Respondent, v. Republic Steel Corporation, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 294
Pages: 736–737

Head Matter:
John Hurd, Respondent, v. Republic Steel Corporation, Appellant.
Argued March 6, 1945;
decided April 12, 1945.
Casper V. Baltensperger, Patrick S. Mason, Bernard Katzen and William F. O’Rourke for appellant.
Wallace J. Stakel and Wendell J. Brown for United States Gypsum Company, amicus curiæ, in support of appellant’s position.
William L. Clay for respondent.

Opinion:
Appeal dismissed, with costs on the ground that the certified question is not a question directly presented in the -court below, and an answer to the certified question might still leave open other questions decided by the court below as a basis of the order appealed from.
Concur: Lehman, Ch. J., Loughran, Lewis, Conway, Desmond, Thacher and Dye, JJ.