Legal Opinion
Holmes Electric Protective Co. v. City of New York
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 5, 1952PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Lottghrax, Ch. J.
The plaintiff company conducts in the city of New York a business through which it safeguards buildings in that city against burglary or other unlawful entry (see Penal Law, art. 38). To that end, the company installs in every building committed to its protection a combination of electric devices whereby, in the event of a wrongful breaking or entry, an alarm is mechanically transmitted by wire to one of the company’s offices from which guards in its own employ or city police are thereupon notified to go to the site of the disturbance.
The defendants — the City of New York and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Woollcott v. . ShubertNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Matter of Holmes Electric Protective Co. v. McGoldrickNew York Court of Appeals · 1942
- Matter of Brooklyn Union Gas Company v. JosephNew York Court of Appeals · 1948
- Travis v. American Cities Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1920
3Cited by7 opinions
- People ex rel. Holmes Electric Protective Co. v. ChambersNew York Supreme Court · 1953
- City of New York v. Bedford Bar & Grill, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1957
- New York Quotation Co. v. BragaliniAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1959
- Hearst Corp. v. City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1953
- Owl Protective Co. v. FeinbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1957
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