Legal Opinion

Matlock v. New Hyde Park Fire District

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 28, 1962PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

In an action by plaintiff, who owned and maintained a house in New Hyde Park, Nassau County, which caught fire, to recover damages from the defendants Garden City Park Water District and the Garden City Park Fire District, by reason of their wrongful conduct in preventing the defendant New Hyde Park Fire District from promptly extinguishing the fire, plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, dated March 10, 1960, granting the motion of the defendants, Garden City Park Water and Fire Districts, to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action, pursuant…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Glanzer v. . ShepardNew York Court of Appeals · 1922
  2. H. R. Moch Co. v. Rensselaer Water Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
  3. Bernardine v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1945
  4. Marks v. Nambil Realty Co., Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1927
  5. Dyer v. Broadway Central BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1930

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Alva Cape v. City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
  2. Alva Steamship Co. v. City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
  3. Vogel v. Liberty Fuel Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
  4. Gannon Personnel Agency, Inc. v. City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1979
  5. Fitzgerald v. 667 Hotel Corp.New York Supreme Court · 1980

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