118 N.Y.S. 465 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1909
¡Reginald Farley, an infant, by Thomas Farley, his guardian ad litem, on August 26, 1908, presented to the comptroller of the city of New York a demand for adjustment of an alleged claim for $500 damages for personal injuries sustained by said infant by falling upon a sidewalk which had been permitted to be and remain in a dangerous and unsafe condition. The demand was subscribed by the infant, by his guardian ad litem, and by Gillette & Clark, attorneys for the -claimant-. Thereafter, on August 29, 1908, the comptroller caused to be served upon the attorneys a notice, pursuant to section 149 of the Greater New York charter, whereby he required the claimant to attend before him at the office of the corporation counsel to be examined orally as to any facts relative to the justness of the claim presented by him, and advising him of the name of the -assistant corporation counsel who would conduct the examination. This notice was entirely disregarded by the
Application denied.