Moore v. City of New York

On February 14, 1947, John Francis Moore sustained severe head injuries allegedly through negligence attributable to the City of New York. As a result, it is claimed that he became mentally incompetent. He was admitted to Bellevue *586Hospital, and thereafter transferred to the Veterans Division of the Kings Park State Hospital by order of the Supreme Court upon an adjudication of insanity. Alice Moore, his wife, was duly appointed committee of his person and property on February 2, 1948. She qualified as committee on March 13, 1948.

On March 25, 1948, she applied to the Supreme Court for…