Beauchamp v. New York City Housing Authority

12 N.Y.2d 400 (1963)

Leonard Beauchamp, Jr., an Infant, by His Guardian ad Litem Leonard Beauchamp, et al., Respondents,

v.

New York City Housing Authority, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Argued January 21, 1963.

Decided April 4, 1963.

John Nielsen and Francis P. Cunnion for appellant.

Stanley P. Danzig, Harry Issler and Irving W. Fein for respondents.

Judges FULD, VAN VOORHIS and FOSTER concur with Judge SCILEPPI; Chief Judge DESMOND dissents in an opinion in which Judges DYE and BURKE concur.

SCILEPPI, J.

The present appeal is from a judgment in favor of plaintiffs in an action…