Legal Opinion
Osborg v. Hoffman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 10, 1937PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAdel, J.
The question is whether or not defendant is liable for the negligence of another person. Most of the facts are undisputed. The defendant owned an automobile. Plaintiff was a friend of defendant and was an automobile mechanic. He offered to overhaul defendant’s automobile without charge for labor, defendant to pay only for the materials used. Plaintiff would supply the labor to repay his friend for past favors. With this understanding, plaintiff took the automobile to a garage at the home of another friend of plaintiff. There plaintiff worked on the car and was assisted by John Caraian,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Standard Oil Co. v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Wyllie v. . PalmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- Higgins v. . Western Union Telegraph Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Ramsey v. New York Central R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1935
- Ferro v. Leopold Sinsheimer Estate, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1931
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Kristiansen v. Wagner's Steel Erectors, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1944