Bell v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Motion by the plaintiff, William J. Bell, for a new trial upon a case containing exceptions, ordered to be heard at the Appellate Division in the first instance, upon the dismissal of the complaint after a trial at the Yew York Trial Term in October, 1905.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
About five-thirty o’clock in the afternoon of the 2d of August, 1902, the plaintiff sustained very serious injuries by falling from a temporary bridge erected over an excavation for the subway tunnel just off Centre street in City Hall Park. He brought this action to recover damages for his injuries, upon the ground that the same were caused by the defendant’s negligence. At the close of plaintiff’s case the complaint was dismissed as to the city and McDonald, and at the close of the whole case it was dismissed as to *23the Degnon-Mc'Lean Contracting Company, and the plaintiff has…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Haefelin v. McDonaldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904