Kahner v. Otis Elevator Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Otis Elevator Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 6th day of February, 1904, upon the verdict of a jury for $8,000, rendered after a trial at the New York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries the infant plaintiff had a verdict, and from the judgment entered thereon and from an order denying a motion for a new trial the defendant appeals.
The record presents a question of law of much interest, concerning which there are conflicting decisions not only in the courts of this State but in other jurisdictions. The defendant was employed to repair and put in. order an elevatoiywhich was used upon the premises of a corporation known as L. Kahner & Co., located in One Hun. dredth street, in the city of New York. That…
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- Devlin v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Coughtry v. . Globe Woolen Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1874
- The Mayor, C. of Albany v. . CunliffNew York Court of Appeals · 1849
- Davies v. Pelham Hod Elevating Co.New York Supreme Court · 1892
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- Statler v. George A. Ray Manufacturing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1909
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