Dettmering v. English

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Magie, Chief Justice.

Dettmering brought this action against English to recover damages for an injury received by him by the fall of a portion of a wall which was being constructed by English for the city hall of Jersey City. English had contracted with the city for the mason and iron work of the city hall, and had subcontracted the iron work to the Fagin Iron Works, in the employ of which Dettmering was working on the building.

The occurrence is the same which was before the Court of Errors in Jansen v. Jersey City, 32 Vroom 293. On the authority of…