City of New York v. Hearst
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, The City of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant Hearst, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 10th day of May, 1910, upon the dismissal of the. complaint by direction of the court as to said defendant after a trial at the New York Trial Term, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 17th day of June, 1910, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon…
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Appeal by the plaintiff, The City of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant Hearst, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 10th day of May, 1910, upon the dismissal of the. complaint by direction of the court as to said defendant after a trial at the New York Trial Term, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 17th day of June, 1910, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. -
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, J.:. This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing the complaint.
The action runs now only against William R. Hearst, as president of the National Association of Democratic Clubs, an unincorporated association composed of seven Or more persons. Its purpose is to recover the amount of a judgment which was obtained against plaintiff and which it has been obliged to pay to the administratrix of Dennis Shea, deceased, who Was killed by an explosion of fireworks on Madison avenue, in the city of New York, on the evening of November 4, 1902. The defendant' admits that the association of which…
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