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Commissioner of Public Welfare v. Merkle

253 A.D. 749, 300 N.Y.S. 937, 1937 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5456
CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
DecidedDecember 24, 1937
StatusPublished
Cited by1 cases

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Commissioner of Public Welfare v. Merkle, 253 A.D. 749, 300 N.Y.S. 937, 1937 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5456 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1937).

Opinion

Order of the Court of Special Sessions of the City of New York, Borough of Queens, [750]*750denying an order of filiation, dismissing the proceeding, and discharging the defendant reversed on the law and the facts and a new trial ordered. The order is against the weight of the evidence. The letters from various persons to the complaining witness were hearsay and incompetent as evidence. Davis, Taylor and Close, JJ., concur; Hagarty and Adel, JJ., dissent and vote to affirm.

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