Hodson v. Bloise

Upon the foregoing papers this is a motion for summary judgment on the ground that there is no valid defense to the action. The plaintiff, William Hodson, as commissioner of welfare of the city of New York, seeks to recover from the defendant the sum of $1,174.50 granted as relief to the defendant, together with the cost of administering the said relief in the sum of $207.26.

The defendant applied for relief sometime in the spring of 1937 and relief was forthcoming on the first day of July of that year. At the time application was made the defendant represented that he and his family were…