Sternack v. Brooks
New York Court of Common Pleas
Motion for new trial on case and exceptions ordered by the court at trial before Judge Robinson and a jury, to be heard in the first instance at general term. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Hoesen, J.
This is an action for false imprisonment. The defendant is one of a firm of clothiers, doing business on the corner of Broadway and Bond street. An .association of journeymen tailors had organized a strike, and, for the purpose of bringing the defendant’s firm to terms, *143had detailed a number of the strikers to station themselves upon the sidewalk in front of the defendant’s shop, with a view to intercept workmen entering into, or departing from "the shop, and prevent them continuing in the defendant’s employ. The strikers upon the sidewalk, who were, to use their own language, picketing the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Master Stevedores' Ass'n v. WalshNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1867
- Willis v. WarrenNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1859
- Boyleston v. KerrNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1867
3Cited by1 opinion
- People ex rel. Kingsley v. PrattNew York Supreme Court · 1880