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Colon v. Margolis

17 N.Y.2d 798 Court N.Y. Decision date 1966-05-05 English

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Ronald Colon, Respondent, v. Lillian Margolis, Appellant.
Argued April 26, 1966;
decided May 5, 1966.
p. 799
Herbert N. Stern for appellant.
Thomas L. Jones for respondent.

Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.

Concur: Chief Judge Desmond and Judges Fuld, Burke, Bergan and Keating. Judges Van Voorhis and Scileppi dissent and vote to reverse and to dismiss the complaint upon the ground that on the record the inference is merely speculative that the rubbish on defendant’s premises was the cause of the fire.