Williams v. Rhode Island Corp.

Dore, J. P.

In this personal injury action by plaintiff Williams against defendants, Rhode Island Corporation, owner of the entire block of real estate in question, and Fulton Market Realty Corp., lessee thereof, a jury trial was waived and shortly after plaintiff took the stand, the above-named two defendants, respondents herein, confessed judgment against themselves for $10,000 in plaintiff’s favor and plaintiff accepted.

Fulton Market, as immediate landlord of Schulz, a subtenant of part of the premises used as a public garage, had filed a third-party complaint against Schulz, the ga-rage…