Hexamer v. . Webb
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the G-eneral Term of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the city and county of Hew York, entered upon an order made January 14, 1884, which affirmed a judgment in favor of defendant, entered upon an order dismissing the complaint on trial. The action was brought to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligence.
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Appeal from judgment of the G-eneral Term of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the city and county of Hew York, entered upon an order made January 14, 1884, which affirmed a judgment in favor of defendant, entered upon an order dismissing the complaint on trial. The action was brought to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligence. It appeared that some work was being done upon the cornices of defendant’s hotel, in the city of Hew York, by men in the employ of one Burford, who carried on “the roofing and cornice business.” A ladder was suspended from…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by means of the negli gence of defendant’s agents and servants in making repairs and improvements upon the hotel of the defendant, situate in the city of New York. The alleged negligence consisted in fixing and seeming the staging used in performing the work, and the proof showed that the ladder used as a scaffold was suspended from the roof over the eaves of the hotel, and that upon it were placed planks which were used as a platform upon which the work-, men employed stood to do the work. This…
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