Moest v. City of Buffalo
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, the City of Buffalo and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 17th day of July, 1906, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,100, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 17th day of July, 1906, denying the defendants’ motions for a new. trial ■ made upon the minutes. ,
1Opinion of the Court
Nash, J.:
The action is brought to recover damages fór the death of the plaintiffs’ intestate, Henry Móest, who, while attempting to enter an elevator1 in the city and county hall' in Buffalo, was fatally injured by reason of' the alleged personal negligence of the operator. "
The building in question was constructed under and pursuant to chapter 680 of the Laws of 1.871, entitled “ An act in relation to the location and erection of public buildings for the use of Erie county and the city of Buffalo.” 1 '
Section 1 provided that .the. Governor,- by and with the advici and consent of the Senate.,…
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