People ex rel. Cockcroft v. Miller
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, Sarah T. Cockcroft, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 9th day of September, 1918, dismissing a writ of certiorari and confirming a decision of the board of appeals of the city of New York sustaining three orders of the fire commissioner.
1Opinion of the Court
Shearn, J.:
The three orders were served together on December 15, 1916, and required the owner of the Cockcroft Building at 71-73 Nassau street to install (1) an automatic sprinkler; (2) a fire alarm system, and (3) to establish and maintain a fire drill in the said building. The orders were served in the courtroom during the trial of Cockcroft v. Mitchell, which resulted in a decision of the Special Term sustaining orders of the Industrial Commission of the Labor Department requiring structural changes in the building with respect to additional means of exit, which decision was unanimously…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Cockcroft v. MitchellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
- People v. Interborough Rapid Transit Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
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