Case Name: John Eastman, as Administrator of the Estate of Sandra Eastman, Deceased, Appellant, v. State of New York, Respondent; John Eastman, as Administrator of the Estate of Sharon Eastman, Deceased, Appellant, v. State of New York, Respondent; Melvin Eastman, an Infant, by John Eastman, His Guardian ad Litem, Appellant, v. State of New York, Respondent; William Eastman, an Infant, by John Eastman, His Guardian ad Litem, Appellant, v. State of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1951-12-06
Citations: 303 N.Y. 691
Docket Number: Claim No. 29036; Claim No. 29037; Claim No. 29038; Claim No. 29039
Parties: John Eastman, as Administrator of the Estate of Sandra Eastman, Deceased, Appellant, v. State of New York, Respondent. John Eastman, as Administrator of the Estate of Sharon Eastman, Deceased, Appellant, v. State of New York, Respondent. Melvin Eastman, an Infant, by John Eastman, His Guardian ad Litem, Appellant, v. State of New York, Respondent. William Eastman, an Infant, by John Eastman, His Guardian ad Litem, Appellant, v. State of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 303
Pages: 691–693

Head Matter:
John Eastman, as Administrator of the Estate of Sandra Eastman, Deceased, Appellant, v. State of New York, Respondent. John Eastman, as Administrator of the Estate of Sharon Eastman, Deceased, Appellant, v. State of New York, Respondent. Melvin Eastman, an Infant, by John Eastman, His Guardian ad Litem, Appellant, v. State of New York, Respondent. William Eastman, an Infant, by John Eastman, His Guardian ad Litem, Appellant, v. State of New York, Respondent.
(Claim No. 29036.)
(Claim No. 29037.)
(Claim No. 29038.)
(Claim No. 29039.)
Argued October 10, 1951;
decided December 6, 1951.
John Lo Pinto for appellants.
Nathaniel L. Goldstein, Attorney-General (Henry S. Manley and Wendell P. Brown of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
In each action: Judgment of the Appellate Division reversed and that of the Court of Claims affirmed, with costs in this court and in the Appellate Division, upon the ground that the weight of the evidence supports the findings of the Court of Claims. No opinion.
Concur: Loughran, Ch. J., Lewis, Conway, Dye and Froessel, JJ. Dissenting: Desmond and Fuld, JJ., who vote to affirm upon the opinion of the Appellate Division.