Saxton v. StateSaxton v. State
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- Ryan
This аction is brought to recover damages fоr personal injuries pursuant to section 12-a of the Court of Claims Act.
The claimant resides at Corry, Erie county, Penn.
It appears that duly verified copies of the claim were respectively filed in the office of the clerk of the Court of Claims and in the officе of the Superintendent of the Departmеnt of Public Works, and in the office of the Attornеy-General on October 26, 1932.
The claimant alleges that the accident occurred on August 26, 1932. The Attorney-General moves to dismiss the claim on the ground that it has not been filed in cоmpliance with section 12-a of the Court of Claims Act. It appears from an affidavit оf service verified by the claimant and also from the testimony of the claimant himself and his аttorney taken in open court upon the motion that the claim was verified on Octоber 24, 1932, at the office of the claimant’s attorney at Sherman, N. Y., within about fifteen miles of thе Pennsylvania State fine; that the attorney inclosed the several copies of the claim in sealed envelopes addrеssed to the three departments of the State of New York hereinabove mentionеd and delivered them to the claimant who tоok them to Corry, Penn., the city of his residence, and deposited them in a United States pоst office in that city on the evening of Octоber 24, 1932. This was within sixty days of the date of the accident.
Section 12-a recites: “ Such claim must be submitted pursuant to the prоcedural provisions of the Court cf Claims Act; provided, however, that no action shall be maintained against the state for damаges or injuries pursuant to this section unless a writtеn claim or a written notice of intention to file a claim, duly verified and containing the information required by section 15 of this act, shall be served upon the Attorney-General and the Superintendent of Public Works within sixty days after the аlleged injury occurred, nor unless the claim shаll be filed thereon within two years after the hаppening of the event which caused thе injury.”
There is a distinction between filing and serving. In my opinion the claimant has compliеd with section 15 by filing his claim with the clerk of the Court of Claims on October 26,1932, and by showing due and proper service by mail upon the Attorney-General and Superintendent of Public Works on October 24, 1932. Motion to dismiss is denied.
Barrett, J., concurs.