Lannen v. . the Albany Gas-Light Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a decision of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the third district, upon exceptions there heard in the first instance, ordering judgment upon a verdict in favor of the plaintiff. This action was tried at the Albany circuit, in February, 1865. On the trial it appeared that the plaintiff’s father, on the 6th of December, 1861, was the owner of a house in the city of Albany, which, with the cellar under it, was divided into several separate apartments.
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Appeal from a decision of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the third district, upon exceptions there heard in the first instance, ordering judgment upon a verdict in favor of the plaintiff. This action was tried at the Albany circuit, in February, 1865. On the trial it appeared that the plaintiff’s father, on the 6th of December, 1861, was the owner of a house in the city of Albany, which, with the cellar under it, was divided into several separate apartments. Some of the apartments were occupied by her father, with whom she resided, others by different tenants, each of them…
1Opinion of the Court
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[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] Every legal proposition in this case, to which the facts therein give rise, is involved in the charge of the judge at circuit, "that Smith was the agent of the defendant and not of the plaintiff," and "that the defendant was liable, if the injury complained of was caused by his negligence in lighting the match;" and in the refusal…
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