Cranford v. . Tyrrell.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made February 9, 1891, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made February 9, 1891, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. To maintain a civil action for damages arising out of the commission of a crime the plaintiff must have sustained some damage not common to the public. (Francis v. Schoellkopf, 53 N. Y. 152; Butler v. Kent, 19 Johns. 223; Davis v. Mayor, etc., 14 N. Y. 506;…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, J.
In this action, which was brought to restrain the defendant from keeping a house of ill-fame and from using his premises as an assignation house, and to recover damages for injuries sustained, the trial court found as facts that the house, as maintained by defendant, was a resort for prostitutes and licentious men, and that the persons occupying rooms acted in a boisterous and noisy manner, and indecently exposed their persons at the windows, “ whereby the use and occupation of the plaintiffs’ premises have been interfered with and rendered uncomfortable, and whereby the occupants oí…
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