Aucock v. Neisner Bros.

308 N.Y. 41 (1954)

Edith M. Aucock, Appellant,

v.

Neisner Brothers, Inc., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Argued October 7, 1954

Reargued November 16, 1954.

Decided December 3, 1954

James H. Gilroy, Jr., for appellant.

Frank G. Pratt and Willard R. Pratt for respondent.

DESMOND, DYE and FULD, JJ., concur with VAN VOORHIS, J.; FROESSEL, J., dissents in an opinion in which LEWIS, Ch. J., and CONWAY, J., concur.

VAN VOORHIS, J.

The Appellate Division directed that the complaint be dismissed upon the ground that plaintiff failed to establish any actionable negligence upon the part of…