Filippone v. Reisenburger
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Alexander Reisenburger, from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of Hew York, borough of Brooklyn, in favor of the plaintiff, rendered on the 30th day of April, 1909.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
This action was to recover damages for negligence. The plaintiff, a brick mason, was employed by the defendant, a contractor, or by one Schilleppi, a sub-contractor, and was lawfully upon the premises at 58 Moore street, Brooklyn. He was standing on a run- • way which extended from, the sidewalk into the excavation, where a building was in course of construction. The runway was about eight feet from the bottom of the'excavation at the' entrance to the lot where the building was to be, and sloped gradually inward, where the other end rested on a barrel. The defendant, who was in…
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