Legal Opinion
Doherty v. Lester
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 14, 1957PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOwen McGivern, J.
On August 23, 1954 the plaintiff Thomas Doherty, Jr., then 19 years of age and a sailor, met two of his mates, Edward Ducart and Donald Price, at Kelly’s Bar, located on West 46th Street, between Broadway and Avenue of the Americas (6th Ave.). The time was about 11:00 p.m. All three were dressed in “ summer whites ”, and on temporary shore leave from the Fleet Training School, Newport, R. I., where they were due to report early the following morning. Before midnight together they left Kelly’s, intending to take a taxi to the George Washington Bridge, and thence to hitchhike to New England.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- McLoughlin v. New York Edison Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1929
- Gearity v. StrasbourgerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
- Gold v. ArmerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
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