Legal Opinion

Shields v. Paul B. Pugh & Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 6, 1907PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal by the plaintiff, Annie Shields, as administratrix, etc., from a judgment ,of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of ¡New York on the 8th day of April, 1907, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court at the close of the plaintiff’s case, in so far as said judgment is in favor of the defendant, Paul B. Pugh & Co.

1Opinion of the Court

Ingraham, J.:

The complaint alleges that the defendant, Pugh & Co., was on ¡November 28, 1902, and for' some time prior thereto had been engaged in erecting a building at or near 32 West^ Sixty-fourth street in the city of ¡New York, and had general charge, management and control of the said building and the erection thereof and the work thereon; that said building was over five stories in height and was being erected over sixty-five feet in height; that the defendant Batton was a sub-contractor of Pugh & Co. in the performance of certain mason work and masonry on said building; that the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Marino v. . LehmaierNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
  2. Koch v. FoxAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
  3. Rooney v. Brogan Construction Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
  4. Conroy v. AckenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
  5. In Re the Accounting of HawleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1906

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Cockcroft v. MitchellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
  2. Orr v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
  3. Mautsewich v. United States Gypsum Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
  4. Adamson v. Green-wood CemeteryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
  5. Brookins v. Pennsylvania RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1952

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