Griffen v. Manice
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, William De Forest Manice, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the cleric of the county of New York on the 15th day of May, 1899, upon the verdict óf a jury for $22,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 24th day of May, 1899, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
The plaintiff sues as administratrix to recover damages for the death of her intestate (her husband), which she claims was caused by the negligence of the defendant. The decedent was killed in an elevator used and operated in a shaftway in a building belonging to the defendant, and it is alleged in the complaint, among other things, that “ the weights attached to certain cables intended to be used in operating said elevator became detached and fell with great and extreme force and violence down said shaftway and upon said plain- . tiff’s intestate and struck him with great and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Mullen v. . St. JohnNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Treadwell v. WhittierCalifornia Supreme Court · 1889
- Cosulich v. Standard Oil Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Stringham v. . HiltonNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Edgerton v. . New York Harlem R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1868
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Talcott v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
- Bennett v. EdwardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1933
- Griffen v. ManiceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
- Hubener v. HeideAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
- Griffen v. ManiceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
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