Van Dyke v. City of Utica
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, John Van Dyke, as administrator, etc., from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Oneida on the 4th day of March, 1921, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court at the close of the plaintiff’s case after a trial at the Oneida Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Davis, J.:
By article 13 of the General Muncipal Law, added by chapter 215 of the Laws of 1917, cities of the second and third class and villages were authorized to establish, maintain and equip playgrounds and recreation centers, and employ directors, supervisors and other assistants therefor.* As the law existed at the time of the accident the recreation commission or other authority established by the municipality was authorized under certain conditions to receive gifts of land to carry on its work. In addition to any donations the municipality might annually appropriate a sum for the…
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