Lyon v. Smith
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Norman J. Smith) as administrator, etc., from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the cleric of the county of Broome on the 28th day of March, 1910, upon the report of a referee.
1Opinion of the Court
Cochrane, J.:
The defendant’s intestate, Frank S. Smith, was superintendent of Ross Park in the city of Binghamton. He lived within the park and kept there for his own use cows, pigs and chickens, and the same seem to have been fed and cared for partly, at least, in connection with animals maintained within the park by the city. He died intestate September 20, 1907, leaving as his only next of kin one son, the defendant herein. His estate consisted of less than $2,000. Plaintiff worked in .the park for the city under the directions of Smith as superintendent. After the death of the latter he…
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