Shapiro v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States
Cases that cite this one
6 later published cases cite this decision.
- Claim of Bilello v. A. J. Eckert Co. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1973)
- Johnson v. Rockefeller (District Court, S.D. New York 1972)
- Hewson v. State (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1967)
- Northridge Cooperative Section No. 1, Inc. v. 32nd Avenue Construction Corp. (N.Y. 1957)
- Nastasi v. State (N.Y. Ct. Cl. 1946)
- In re the Accounting of Johnson (New York Surrogate's Court 1945)
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Opinion of the Court
Order affirmed, with costs. Question certified answered in the negative. No opinion.
Concur: Lehman, Ch. J., Loughran, Desmond and Thacher, JJ. Lewis and Conway, JJ., dissent on the ground that the plaintiff who was serving a life sentence was “ civilly dead ” and did not have the legal capacity to sue. (Penal Law, § 511; Matter of Pallas, 291 N. Y. 692; Matter of Lindewall, 287 N. Y. 347; Green v. State of New York, 278 N. Y. 15; Avery v. Everett, 110 N. Y. 317.) Taking no part: Dye, J.
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