Brady v. Claremont Iron Works, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Claremont Iron Works, Inc., from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 6th day of June, 1918, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,000, later reduced by consent to $500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 4th day of June, 1918, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Page, J.:
The judgment appealed from would hold the defendant to the liability that would have attached if it had completed a stairway for use of persons passing from floor to floor of the building, and by reason of negligent or faulty construction some one rightfully thereon had sustained injuries.
The facts, however, are quite different. The defendant had a contract to partially construct the stairs. It was to erect the iron stringers, risers and posts, and to place upon the stringpieces a light sheet of iron between one-sixteenth and one-eighth of an inch thick, upon which marble treads were…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Coughtry v. . Globe Woolen Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Bohnhoff v. . FischerNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
- Ryan v. IronsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- Cassin v. Stillman, Delehanty-Ferris Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918
- McDonough v. ToopAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907