Legal Opinion

Licausi v. Ashworth

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1903PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, Edmund S. Ashworth, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 20th day of May, 1902, substituting the Stanley Hod Elevator Company as defendant in place of the defendant Edmund S. Ashworth, and directing that the summons theretofore served upon Edmund S. Ashworth stand as personal service of the summons upon the Stanley Hod Elevator Company.

1Opinion of the Court

Willard Bartlett, J.:

The summons in this action names Edmund S. Ashworth as sole defendant. The complaint sets out a cause of action for negligence against Edmund S. Ashworth individually. The only reference to the Stanley Hod Elevator Company in the complaint is contained in the 2d subdivision thereof, which reads as follows: “ That the above named defendant is in business in the Borough of Manhattan, City of Hew York, known as the Stanley Hod Elevator Company, and is the owner of machines and engines, etc., and has in his employ a number of men for the running and managing of said engines,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Bassett v. . FishNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
  2. New York State Monitor Milk Pan Ass'n v. Remington Agricultural WorksNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
  3. Munzinger v. Courier Co.New York Supreme Court · 1894

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Connell v. HaydenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
  2. Johnson v. Phœnix Bridge Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
  3. Florida Medical Ass'n v. SpiresDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1963
  4. Ward v. Terry & Tench Construction Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
  5. Becker v. WoodcockAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910

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