Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) Charles S. Noyes William J. Morris for George P. Nicholson, Corporation Counsel ( J. Joseph Lilly Charles Bradshaw of counsel), for See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. ELBERT J. DECKER, Plaintiff, v. THE CITY OF NEW YORK et al., Respondents, and THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, Appellant. Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion. Concur: CARDOZO, Ch. J., POUND, CRANE, ANDREWS, LEHMAN and KELLOGG, JJ. Not sitting: O'BRIEN, J.