Wessberg v. Beckmann

“If Parliament does not mean what it says, it must say so. ’ ’ That pungent, profound and persuasive pronouncement of Lord Mildew in Bluff v. Father Gray (Herbert, “Uncommon Law”, p. 192) is particularly pertinent to this article 78 proceeding.

Petitioner alleges that she is the duly appointed administratrix of one Ernest Wessberg; that he was killed while operating his automobile; that the accident in which he was killed occurred between his automobile and a pole being transported on a trailer by the Long Island Lighting Company; that the accident was investigated by the Police Department of…