Griffen v. Manice
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Anna S. Griffen, as administratrix, etc., of Walter H. Griffen, deceased, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 30th day of January, 1902, upon an order setting aside a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for §7,500 and special findings in connection therewith, and granting judgment dismissing the complaint.
1DissentO’Brien, J.
This action, which is to recover for the death of the plaintiff’s husband, who ivas killed by the fall of elevator weights in defendant’s building, 55 William street, in the city of Hew York, was before this court on appeal from a judgment in plaintiff’s, favor (47 App. Div. 70) and before the Court of Appeals, wdiere the judgment of affirmance by this court was reversed (166 N. Y. 188), on the ground that the trial court erred in charging that the defendant *375was required to use the utmost care and diligence and is liable for the slightest neglect which foresight might have guarded against,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Griffen v. . ManiceNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- McDonald v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Griffen v. ManiceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900