Sidney v. Hults

Judge Desmond (now Chief J.)

in his dissenting opinion in Matter of Wignall v. Fletcher (303 N. Y. 435, 444-445), without being inconsistent with the prevailing opinion, wrote as follows: “ Authority for such ‘ re-examination of licensees ’ is given the commissioner by subdivision 8 of section 20 of the same Vehicle and Traffic Law. In plainest language that subdivision empowers the commissioner, if he ‘ has reasonable grounds to believe that a person holding a license issued pursuant to this section is not qualified to operate a motor vehicle, ’ to ‘ require such person to submit to an…