Legal Opinion

Biddiscomb v. Cameron

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

Decided July 1, 1898PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal by the plaintiff, Alice Maud Biddiscomb, as administratrix, etc., of William Biddiscomb, deceased, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 25th day of January, 1898, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a trial at the New York Trial Term.

1Opinion of the Court

Van Brunt, P. J.:

This action was brought by the administratrix of William Biddiscomb, deceased, to recover damages suffered by reason of the death *562of said Biddiscomb, caused by the falling of an elevator which was operated in the defendants’ factory at One Hundred and Thirtieth street and the Boulevard. It appeared from the evidence that the elevator was in a mill leased by the defendants for two and one-lialf years from the 10th of April, 1895; that the deceased on the 15th of February, 1897, having loaded a bale of wool on the elevator at the basement, ascended with it to the third floor…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Grifhahn v. KreizerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
  2. Biddescomb v. CameronAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
  3. Hubener v. HeideAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
  4. Koehler v. New York Steam Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
  5. Hull v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906

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