Bronxville Palmer v. State of New York

18 N.Y.2d 560 (1966)

Bronxville Palmer, Ltd., Appellant,

v.

State of New York et al., Respondents. (Claim Nos. 37145, 37146, 38219, 38220.)

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Argued October 20, 1966.

Decided December 30, 1966.

Herbert Plaut for appellant.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Jean M. Coon and Ruth Kessler Toch of counsel), for respondents.

Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI and KEATING concur with Judge BERGAN, Judge KEATING in a separate opinion; Judge VAN VOORHIS dissents and votes to reverse in an opinion in which Judge FULD concurs.

BERGAN, J.

Claimant is the…