Legal Opinion
Patterson v. Proctor Paint & Varnish Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 22, 1968PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBergan, J.
Defendant was engaged in the manufacture of paint and varnish in a Yonkers residential area. Adjoining its plant was an open yard, unfenced on one side. On the outer wall of the plant facing the yard were a number of fill pipes available to tank trucks supplying the plant with fluids for paint and varnish manufacture. Dripping of the fluid from some of these pipes was caught in cans placed by defendant on the ground. The fluid which drained into these cans was a form of paint solvent. It was white in appearance, looked like water, but was described by a chemist as “ a flammable liquid…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Walsh v. Fitchburg RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Collentine v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
- Kingsland v. Erie County Agricultural SocietyNew York Court of Appeals · 1949
- Mayer v. Temple Properties Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1954
- Morse v. Buffalo Tank Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1939
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- In re BurkeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
- Craft v. Mid Island Department Stores, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
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