People v. Pease & Elliman, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Pease & Elliman, Inc., from a judgment of the Court of Special Sessions of the City of New York, rendered against it on the 22d day of March, 1916, convicting it of a misdemeanor.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
The defendant appeals from a judgment of Special Sessions, convicting it of a violation of the Labor Law in connection with, a building at 434-438 Broadway, city of New York.
Section 79-b of the Labor Law (Consol. Laws, chap. 31 [Laws of 1909, chap. 36], added by Laws of 1913, chap. 461, as amd. by Laws of 1914, chaps. 182, 366, and Laws of 1915, chap. 719) provides in part that no factory shall be conducted in any building theretofore erected unless such building, if over two stories in height, shall be provided on each floor with at least two means of exit or escape from fire…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People v. PullmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
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