Purcell v. Hoffman House
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Hoffman House, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 8th day of February, 1908, as imposes as a condition of permitting an amendment to the complaint herein the payment of only ten dollars costs.
1Opinion of the Court
Hirschberg, P. J.:
The action is brought to recover damages for negligence. The plaintiff was engaged at the time of the accident as an employee of the defendant in the hotel in the borough of Manhattan known as the Hoffman House. He was an oiler, and was working with a boiler maker who was engaged under contract with the defendant in repairing a boiler or fire box in the hotel. He was directed by the engineer under whom he was employed to assist the employees of the contractor, and, while so engaged, a torch filled with gasolene or some some other explosive and inflammable substance which was…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Audley v. TownsendAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
- Purcell v. Hoffman HouseAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
3Cited by1 opinion
- Dick v. LeonoriAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1912