Starer v. Stern
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant. Anton Stern, from an order of the .Supreme Court, made at the New York Trial Term and entered in the office of .the cleik of the county of New York on the 9th day •of July, 1903, setting aside a verdict theretofore rendered in favor •of the said defendant and granting a new trial of the action.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is a statutory action to recover for the death of Littmann Starer by the fall of an elevator. The appellant was the lessee of two floors of tlie building known as No. 691 Broadway in the city •of New York and ■ conducted therein the business of making clothing. There were two elevators in the building, a passenger elevator in front and a freight elevator in the rear. The decedent was in the *395employ of the appellant as a piece worker, doing his work, however, upon the premises. On the day in question he came to the premises either for the purpose of working or inquiring…
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