In re Hofberg

Petitioner, the widower of Luba Hofberg, who died January 8,1965, moves for an order directing the authorities at Bronx State Hospital to furnish to his attorneys, at his expense, an abstract or transcript of its records of every kind relating to the hospitalization of petitioner’s wife at that institution or, in the alternative, to permit the attorneys to examine and copy all of said records for the purpose of determining whether an action lies against the State.

The petitioner states that his wife was admitted to Bronx State Hospital in September, 1964, where she remained for about two…