Muller v. Hillenbrand
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal in each case by the defendant, Francis Hillenbrand, from judgments of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 20th day of October, 1916, upon verdicts of a jury, the verdict in the first action being for $7,500 arid in the second action for $1,000, and also from orders entered in said clerk’s office on the 24th day of October, 1916, denying defendant’s motion in each case for a new trial made…
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Appeal in each case by the defendant, Francis Hillenbrand, from judgments of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 20th day of October, 1916, upon verdicts of a jury, the verdict in the first action being for $7,500 arid in the second action for $1,000, and also from orders entered in said clerk’s office on the 24th day of October, 1916, denying defendant’s motion in each case for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The action by the infant plaintiff is for the recovery of damages for personal injuries sustained by her by an assault *832committed by the defendant’s janitor; and the other action is by her mother to recover damages resulting from the injuries to her daughter.
The assault was committed on the 9th day of September, 1914. The defendant was then the owner and possessor of the seven-story double apartment house situated on the northeasterly corner of One Hundred and Fifty-first street" and Bradhurst avenue, which fronted on the avenue and was known as Nos. 192 and 194, and had been from…
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