Connor v. General Fire Extinguisher Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from trial term, New York county. Action by Elizabeth C. Connor, administratrix, against the General Fire Extinguisher Company and another. From a judgment in favor of the defendant General Fire Extinguisher Company, and from an order denying a new trial, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtPatterson, J.
This action was brought to recover damages for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, alleged to have been caused by negligence of the servants of either or both of the defendants. Those defendants are the General Fire Extinguisher Company, a corporation, and Koch & Co., a copartnership'. On the trial of the cause a verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiff against the copartnership and in favor of the corporation exonerating it from responsibility. Upon an appeal to this court by Koch & Co., the judgment against that firm was reversed. 63 App. Div. 257, 71 N. Y. Supp. 836. The present…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Connor v. KochAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901