Court Opinion

ID: 5368956
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-08 08:02:18.843721+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:29:59.280195
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Motion for reinstatement as an attorney and counselor at law granted. Present — Lazansky, P. J., Hagarty, Taylor and Close, JJ.; Carswell, J., not voting. *916town highway. The controlling question is whether the notice of claim was verified in accordance with the statute (Highway Law, § 197). It was sworn to before a notary public but an affidavit of verification was not attached. The Special Term held the notice defective on the authority of Ponsrok v. City of Yonkers (254 N. Y. 91). Order affirmed, with costs. Crapser, Sehenek and Foster, JJ., concur; Hill, P. J., dissents in an opinion; Heffeman, J., dissents and votes to reverse the order and grant the application for the appointment of commissioners. It seems to me that the case upon which the majority relies (Ponsrok v. City of Yonkers, supra), is not in point. In that case it appears that the verification was not signed by the claimant at aE but by FenneE, a notary pubhe. There was no pretense that the claim in that case was sworn to. Here Levine did swear to the claim before a notary public. I think he complied with aE the requirements of the statute and that his claim must be treated as a verified one.