Goldberg v. Herman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the. defendants, Martin Herman and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered iii the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 30th day of June, 1909, upon the verdict of a jury for $2,000, reduced by the court to $1,333.33, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 30th day of June, 1909, denying the defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. •
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J.:
The defendants owned, two loft buildings on Broadway, Nos. 712 and '716. John McHulty was employed as engineer and janitor for those buildings, for $155 a month, to take care of the engine room, the elevators and the halls. In case he required any assistance he was required to pay for it out of this amount. There were in 712 Broadway two elevators, one for passengers and the other for freight. This building had eight floors. The freight elevator shaft was so constructed that in the basement the opening into the shaft was not closed by a door; the openings from the shaft into the *533sev…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Baxter v. Auburn & Syracuse Electric RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Nichols v. Searle Manufacturing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
- Gallagher v. New York City Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908