Legal Opinion

Gilfillan v. German Hospital & Dispensary

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 5, 1906PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal by the plaintiff, William Giltillan, as administrator, etc., of James Giltillan, deceased, from a .judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Richmond on the 26th day of October, 1904, upon • the dismissal of the complaint by direction oí the court after a trial at the Richmond Trial Term.

1Opinion of the Court

Woodward, J.:

The cause of action asserted by the plaintiff is entirely fanciful. Plaintiff’s intestate was a plumber, and had been employed by the defendant for several months in doing work upon the latter’s premises, situated upon Park avenue, between Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh streets, in the borough of Manhattan. • On the 9tli day of December, 1903, at about five o’clock in the afternoon of a dark, drizzly day, plaintiff’s intestate, in company with his helper, quit work and started to leave the premises. The principal entrance to the defendant’s hospital is on the Seventy-seventh…

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. Demetry v. Borderland Farm, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001

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