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Cronin v. Lang

18 N.Y.2d 608 Court N.Y. Decision date 1966-07-07 English

Judges Concur: Chief Judge Desmond and Judges Fuld, Van Voorhis, Burke, Scileppi, Bergan and Keating.

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p. 608
In the Matter of Kathleen V. Cronin, Appellant, v. Theodore H. Lang et al., Constituting the Municipal Civil Service Commission of the City of New York, Respondents.
Argued May 31, 1966;
decided July 7, 1966.
p. 609
Kathleen V. Cronin, appellant in person.
J. Lee 'Rankin, Corporation Counsel (Irving Genn and Seymour B. Quel of counsel), for respondents.
p. 610
Order reversed, with costs in all courts, and matter remitted to Supreme Court to direct the elimination of question 51 from the examination for the reasons that the question is ambiguous and that the answer given by petitioner is equally acceptable to that selected by respondents, as a matter of law.

Concur: Chief Judge Desmond and Judges Fuld, Van Voorhis, Burke, Scileppi, Bergan and Keating.