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POPE v. STATE OF NEW YORK

198 Misc. 31 (1950)

Mabel Pope, as Administratrix of The Estate of Oliver G. Pope, Deceased, Claimant, v. State of New York, Defendant. (Claim No. 29330.)

Court of Claims.

April 15, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Saul Kauffman and Morris Garber for claimant.

Nathaniel L. Goldstein, Attorney-General (Donald C. Glenn and Lawrence H. Wagner of counsel), for defendant.

GORMAN, J.

This claim arises out of the drowning of Oliver George Pope, claimant's intestate, on August 13, 1948, in Sterling Pond, which is located in Fair Haven State Park. Decedent was drowned while attempting to rescue his two nieces who were bathing in said pond. Fair Haven State Park is a wooded area of some 800 acres located on Lake Ontario at Fair Haven, Cayuga County, New York. In addition to supervised...

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