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Kelly v. City of New York

276 A.D.2d 540 Court First Department, Decision date 1950-03-28 English

Decision Majority — Per Curiam. · Dissent — Dore, J.

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Majority

p. 540
John M. Kelly, Respondent, v. City of New York et al., Defendants, and William F. Morgan, Jr., Appellant.
First Department,
March 28, 1950.
p. 541
Edward F. X. Ryan for respondent.
B. Hoffman Miller of counsel (Nathaniel Phillips, attorney), for appellant.

It is not clear from the complaint whether a single cause of action for fraud is intended to be stated or whether there is a claim for fraud in inducing plaintiff to dis

p. 542
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Dissent

p. 543
A:PlMtiti.ff whs pTáééd’ ujpbii'bnc'ti itiqtiiry by" Whát hé ltidffiit,tedly! and assertedly knew in 1934, to be then charged with the aBidT-' tional knowledge which lié claMh* he "Tid1 ñotlétitil tintil l945. €>ti,''ip;'pút ii'(tirióther''wá¡yj having knowledge; s as/he asserted, of - the fraud claimed atilíhak-titile; BQ,‘wasl-moh"éntitled'.:to,íwaií Loira period beyond■ the- péiÍod:»Gf'limitations* to improve ¿the; claimbS to institute suit.' -• «mnÍKiu! ‘>í¡! vi -víé v:

• !T’heBorfler:'appeale'd<from shbuld'bet-réversed,'With»;$20i’:cpsts! atid ‘dibbtir semént's» and> thé i complaint ti'ismlssédy -with' costs ,¡»l-'1

(dissenting)/*\t¡The' leariied ’áí:''Special Term properly held that oh whs not f'es,olTévthet\pivóbabili'ty''dr ,'plátisibílítiy,''Of»'! the»»aBegtifionsyBut det'erminhtioti:'Should ‘await' trial.> He* also r<própérly. held'- that the complaint sufficiently sets forth a n'lisreprosentation -by suppression of facts and, de.cqptioln9,pp which the plaintiff .clearly relied, to support a cause of action for formal, fpa,ud.and depeit,; There i^ ,a.clear distinction. Between: (1). that which is false; i".&!1 ¿íTone.íiúV'tlibiigh' it 'ntá'y "Be/íh^gBdcT $mh;:'ázi!á‘,(2)% tiíat w3ii'¿li''ís* "íoríhally " fraúdillérit"; 'í.é.V üecess'áfilV;1'gbótitídéd' "oti 1 -oh'-) ií'V'w ;'¡ví -.ly.ií!»viví ¡v .ioir.iouv v oi

dissent hid 'til vote to' affirm.

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bí^tdbr i ‘reversed,’' 5 with i$20 .'cbats; and. disbursements to ’.the appellahtiánd the -complaint .dismissed,' with- cosita ¡adid- judgment is directed- to be entered dismissing-.the- complaint. herein,- with: cbáts. d!<) \ 'VíoÍíí:Ei’>íí -.le.’/.men? v- o«A.;o-niifY vrorii'E ,->?<«{%

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