Block v. Sherry
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of Hew York, seventh district, borough of Manhattan, rendered in' favor of the plaintiff for $100 damages and costs, upon a trial had before the court without a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtGiegerich, J.
This action was brought to recover the value of a dress, worn by the plaintiff in the defendant’s restaurant on the evening of June 26, 1903, and claimed to have been ruined by the negligence of one of the defendant’s waiters. ■
On the trial the plaintiff gave evidence tending to show that while the plaintiff and her husband were dining on1 the veranda of defendant’s restaurant, one of the waiters spilled part of a glass of water over her dress, which completely ruined it, the material being of such a character that it could neither be renovated nor repaired so as to be of further use, and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Mott v. . Consumers' Ice CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Carpenter v. TaylorNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1856
- Simpson v. RourkeNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1895