Legal Opinion
Clevenger v. Baker Voorhis & Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 8, 1960PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFroessel, J.
The sole issue before us on this appeal is whether the complaint states facts sufficient to constitute any cause of action. Under familiar rules, we must accord the complaint a liberal construction (Civ. Prac. Act, § 275), and if it states, in some recognizable form, any cause of action known to our law, then it was improperly dismissed below (Dulberg v. Mock, 1 N Y 2d 54, 56; Al Raschid v. News Syndicate Co., 265 N. Y. l, 3).
According to the complaint, plaintiff has been a member of the Bar since 1912, ‘ ‘ is the author of 86 Law Books of approved *189merit”, and “has edited 500 Practice…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Ben-Oliel v. Press Publishing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1929
- D'Altomonte v. New York Herald Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
- D'Altomonte v. . New York Herald CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- Locke v. Benton & Bowles, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1938
3Cited by16 opinions
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- Geisel v. Poynter Products, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1968
- Nigro v. PickettAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- Lunney v. Prodigy Services Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1999
- Schlackman v. Robin S. Weingast & Associates Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
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