Legal Opinion
Winbush v. City of Mount Vernon
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 4, 1954PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDesmond, J.
To pass on the validity, under section 50-e of the General Municipal Law, of a notice of claim filed against the City of Mt. Vernon, we must answer this question: may a person qualified to be, but not yet appointed, administratrix validly file' a wrongful death claim, that person having been, subsequently and within the statutory ninety-day time limit for filing the notice, appointed administratrix? The notice of claim which is here under attack was filed by appellant Mary Winbush, who was, and who described herself in the paper as, one of the next of kin of each of three deceased persons.…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Martin v. School Board of Union Free District No. 28New York Court of Appeals · 1950
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- Crapo v. . City of SyracuseNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
- Hamilton v. . Erie R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
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