Haack v. Brooklyn Labor Lyceum Ass'n
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Bruno Haack, an infant, by Laura A. Haack, his guardian ad litem, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of certain of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the. 17th day of March, 1903, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court as to the defendants The Brooklyn Labor Lyceum Association and Joseph Heilig after a trial at the Kings County Trial Term, the complaint having been previously…
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Appeal by the plaintiff, Bruno Haack, an infant, by Laura A. Haack, his guardian ad litem, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of certain of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the. 17th day of March, 1903, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court as to the defendants The Brooklyn Labor Lyceum Association and Joseph Heilig after a trial at the Kings County Trial Term, the complaint having been previously dismissed as to the defendant-the City of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, J. :
In this action the plaintiff, who at the time of the accident was under twelve years of age, sought to recover against the Brooklyn Labor Lyceum Association, Joseph Heilig and the city of New York, damages on account of injuries sustained by him in consequence of .the fall of a wall of a building belonging to the first-named defendant, which had been partially destroyed by fire. The defendant Joseph Heilig was a contractor employed by the owner to take down and remove that portion of the building which remained after the fire. The complaint charged him with negligence in…
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