Case Name: Nathan Tannenbaum, Respondent, v. City of New York, New York City Rapid Transit System, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1944-06-15
Citations: 182 Misc. 109
Docket Number: 
Parties: Nathan Tannenbaum, Respondent, v. City of New York, New York City Rapid Transit System, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 182
Pages: 109–110

Head Matter:
Nathan Tannenbaum, Respondent, v. City of New York, New York City Rapid Transit System, Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, Second Department,
June 15, 1944
Ignatius M. Wilkinson, Corporation Counsel (Abraham Satran of counsel), -for appellant.
Emanuel Warner for respondent.

Opinion:
Memorandum Per Curiam.
The acknowledged but unverified notice of claim served herein did not constitute compliance with section 394a-1.0 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York (L. 1937, ch. 929). (Cf. Matter of Bristol v. Buck, 201 App. Div. 100, affd. 234 N. Y. 504; Matter of Passero & Sons, Inc., 237 App. Div. 638; Geelan v. St. Patrick's Church of West Neck, 179 Misc. 432.) The Comptroller's acceptance and retention of plaintiff's affidavit in lieu of an examination did not effect a waiver on the part of the City of compliance with the statute. (Lewis v. City of New York, 278 N. Y. 517; Meiner v. City of New York, 262 App. Div. 970, motion for leave to appeal denied 287 N. Y. 855; Brazill v. City of New York, 264 App. Div. 763, motion for leave to appeal denied 289 N. Y. 851.)
The judgment should be reversed upon the law, with thirty dollars costs to the defendant, and complaint dismissed, with appropriate costs in the court below.
MacCrate, Smith and Steinbrink, JJ., concur.
Judgment reversed, etc.