Worthington v. Parker
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from a judgment of this court entered upon the dismissal of a complaint. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Charles P. Daly, Chief Justice.
The nonsuit was improperly granted. In discussing upon this appeal whether it was or not, a wide examination of cases was gone into, upon the doctrine of respondeat superior, and as to the application of the maxim sie utere tuo ut alienum non laedas (to so use your own property as not to injure the rights of another), which to a considerable extent was unnecessary, for the point involved lies within a narrow compass, and is settled by the authority of adjudged cases.
The defendant is the owner of the building at the southeast corner of Broadway and Ninth Street,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Mayor of New-York v. BaileyNew York Supreme Court · 1845
- Devlin v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Losee v. . BuchananNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Blake v. . FerrisNew York Court of Appeals · 1851
- Loop v. . LitchfieldNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
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