Burns v. Crow
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, William L. Crow, from a judgment of ■ the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 5tli day of March, .1907, upon the verdict of a jury for $3,000, and"also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 4th day of March, 1907, denying the defendant’s motion for a new -trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
Action to recover damages for death of plaintiff’s intestate, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant. Plaintiff had a recovery, from which defendant appeals.
The intestate, at the time of his death, was in the employ of the defendant) who ivas constructing a twelve-story building,.the frame*252work o£ which was iron and the walls brick. The framework had been substantially completed and the wall's had béen carried to the floor of the twelfth story. The masons, in laying the bricks, stood upon scaffolding made of planks, which were, in the first instance,…
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- Getty v. Town of HamlinNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Jenks v. . ThompsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
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