Connolly v. Hall & Grant Construction Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Patrick Connolly, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 22d- day of March, 1906, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court .after á trial, at the New York Trial Term, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 19th day of March, 1906, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The defendant was the contractor for the alteration of a building on the corner of Beehman and Nassau streets; what was called a bridge had been constructed over Nassau street about ten feet above the surface of the strefet, which extended' in front of this building to protect persons passing on the street during the progress of the alterations,, and the bridge was also used for the purpose of holding materials used in the work; this bridge was constructed upon uprights upon the surface of the street. On the night of the 10th' of December, 1901, a superintendent in charge of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Vogel v. . American Bridge Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1905
- O'Brien v. . Buffalo Furnace Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1905
- Pluckham v. American Bridge Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
- Pluckham v. . American Bridge CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
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- Lewis v. Koller & Smith, Inc.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1911