Armenti v. Brooklyn Union Gas Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Reargument of a motion by the plaintiff, Angelina Armenti, as administratrix, etc., for a new trial upon the case containing exceptions, ordered to be heard at the Appellate Division in the first instance upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court at the close of plaintiff’s case on a trial at the Kings County Trial Term in May, 1911.
1Opinion of the CourtBurr, J.
This action is brought to recover for the pecuniary injury resulting from the death of Francesco Armenti on the 20th of November, 1908, through the caving in of an excavation made through Gold street, in the borough of Brooklyn, for the purpose of constructing a sewer. Plaintiff’s intestate was in the employ of defendants Rodgers and Hagerty, who had a contract with the city of New York for such construction. The Brooklyn Union Gas Company and the Edison Electric Illuminating Company were originally joined with Rodgers & Hagerty as parties defendant. When the action was brought to trial the…
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