Claim of Hammond v. City of Fulton
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The City of Fulton, from an order of the county judge of Oswego county, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Oswego on the 23d day of August, 1916, directing the city of Fulton to pay to Louisa Hammond, as administratrix, the sum of $2,575 and costs. An appeal is also taken, as stated in the notice of appeal, from the findings and decision of the county judge.
1Opinion of the Court
De Angelis, J.:
The order has for its alleged basis section 205 of the G-eneral Municipal Law (Consol. Laws, chap. 24; Laws of 1909, chap. 29), as amended by chapter 400 of the Laws of 1914, and section 119 of the charter of the city of Fulton, being chapter 63 of the Laws of 1902.
Leon Hammond, the husband of the petitioner, died on the 30th day of November, 1915, as the result of injuries suffered by him on that day while engaged in the performance of his duties as a call fireman of the city of Fulton. His wife, the petitioner, was duly appointed administratrix of his estate by the…
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