Case Name: Mary Ann Kirkman, as Administratrix, etc., of Thomas Kirkman, Deceased, Appellant, v. Commissioners of the Palisades Interstate Park, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1922-01
Citations: 200 A.D. 870
Docket Number: 
Parties: Mary Ann Kirkman, as Administratrix, etc., of Thomas Kirkman, Deceased, Appellant, v. Commissioners of the Palisades Interstate Park, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 200
Pages: 870–870

Head Matter:
Mary Ann Kirkman, as Administratrix, etc., of Thomas Kirkman, Deceased, Appellant, v. Commissioners of the Palisades Interstate Park, Respondent.

Opinion:
Order and judgment unanimously affirmed, with costs. The defendant is a public corporation and an instrumentality of the State in maintaining its park system, and as such it is not liable for torts in the performance of its duties. Present — Blackmar, P. J., Rich, Kelly, Jaycox and Manning, JJ.
See Laws of 1900, chap. 170, § 2, as amd. by Laws of 1920, chap. 283.—[Rep.