Legal Opinion
Matter of Curtin v. Dorman
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 30, 1944PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDesmond, J.
In 1915 petitioner, as the widow of a fireman
who died in the performance of duty, was awarded an annual pension by the then Fire Commissioner of Yew York City. Such a pension was (unlike those now granted, see Administrative Code of the City of Yew York, § B 19-6.0) a gratuity, the whole cost of which was borne by the City. In March of 1933 defendant Dorman, then Fire Commissioner and trustee of the Fire Department Pension Fund, obtained information, later corroborated by police officers of another city that petitioner had been guilty of misconduct by way of living with a man not her husband,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- The People Ex Rel. Millard v. . ChapinNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- People ex rel. Miller v. Justices of Court of General SessionsNew York Supreme Court · 1894
- Matter of Sheridan v. McElligottNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
- In re McDonaldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- People Ex Rel. Staples v. . SohmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Siegel v. First Pennsylvania Banking and Trust Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1961
- Harman v. Board of Educ. of City of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1949
- Donnellan v. O'DwyerNew York Supreme Court · 1946
- Holz v. KowalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1967
- Genet v. President, Managers & Co. of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1902