WILKES v. CITY OF NEW YORK


283 A.D. 724 (1954)

George W. Wilkes, Respondent, v. City of New York, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

February 1, 1954.


Judgment in favor of respondent affirmed, with costs.

No opinion.

Adel and Wenzel, JJ., dissent and vote to reverse the judgment and to grant a new trial, with the following memorandum:

In this action it is alleged, and the jury has found, that a police officer, appellant's employee, by his negligence, shot and injured respondent. The verdict is against the weight of evidence and should be reversed. The police officer, a man of twenty-seven years'...

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