Williams v. First National Bank of Utica
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the First National Bank of ITtica j N. Y., from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Oneida on the 15th' day of June, 1906, upon the verdict of a jury for $5,000, and also, from an order entered in said clerk’s .office on the 1st day of June,-1906, denying, the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Dissent
Spring, J. (dissenting):
■ The plaintiff was a carpenter in the general employment of Roberts & Williams, who were contractors. The defendant was repairing and altering- its bank building, and employed a man named McDermott to oversee the work and take charge of the men employed. ' The directors of the bank carried on the banking business while the repairs on the banking office were going on. They desired. to have the men do the work by the day and under their control, and at times when it would cause the least inconvenience to the banking business. : They accordingly arranged with Roberts &…
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