Morris v. Strobel & Wilken Co.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, New York county. Action by Martha Morris against the Strobel & Wilken Company for personal injuries. From a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $5,000 damages, besides costs, defendant appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Brunt, P. J.
This action was brought to recover damages sustained by the plaintiff by being struck by a sign which had been attached to the defendants’ building, and which fell and struck the plaintiff. There was no question but that the sign belonged to the defendants, had been put up by them in front of their building, and that it fell on the day in question; and the jury found that it struck the plaintiff, and that she was severely *572injured thereby. The court held upon the trial that the plaintiff had made out a case to go to the jury, without showing affirmatively that the sign in question had been…
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Mullen v. . St. JohnNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
3Cited by13 opinions
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- Anderson v. McCarthy Dry Goods Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1908
- McNulty v. Ludwig & Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
- Bauhofer v. CrawfordCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1911
- Jones v. Riverside Bridge Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1912
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