McDermott v. Straus
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Appeal 1)7,, the^dpfendan.ts, Isjdor .Straus and. apotlxey,- frpin, a judgment. Q-i-the Supreme;Cqqr,t in favqr, of the. plaintiff,-entered in^h^Qffiqe.ef the.qlerjk. of the,,county of ÍTew; York-qq the. 2d day, of March, l^OT,..upon the,yqfdict ,ofj a,, jury for. |1,§QQ, aqd 'ajsp.-from an order, entered in said, clerk’s office .on. thq.lpt .day o^Mqpqh,. 1907, denying the defendant^’ motion, for, a, new .trial iqadp/qpqn, tlie minutes. - , •• ,, ".....' ........…
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• Appeal 1)7,, the^dpfendan.ts, Isjdor .Straus and. apotlxey,- frpin, a judgment. Q-i-the Supreme;Cqqr,t in favqr, of the. plaintiff,-entered in^h^Qffiqe.ef the.qlerjk. of the,,county of ÍTew; York-qq the. 2d day, of March, l^OT,..upon the,yqfdict ,ofj a,, jury for. |1,§QQ, aqd 'ajsp.-from an order, entered in said, clerk’s office .on. thq.lpt .day o^Mqpqh,. 1907, denying the defendant^’ motion, for, a, new .trial iqadp/qpqn, tlie minutes. - , •• ,, ".....' ........ ,........,
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, P. J.:
The> jndgmep.f frqm which this .appeal is,taken should be affirmed. It,is,nqt spriously disputed .that the bqy in charge of the elevafor was negligent, in ,its rpanagement at,the time the ,plaintiff .was injured, or that he disregarded the instruction he had received from the chi,ef engineeqto give notice when the elevatorias ahoqt.to" descend, to thp place at- whiph thq pjainjiff wap working.The point, insisted upon,by the appellants, is that, oyen,"admitting, tjie negligence of the elevator,boy and that tjie jury, found prqperly upon that issue, the plaintiff was openly and…
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