Nigro v. Willson
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendants from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, rendered in the Municipal Court of the city of Mew York, second district, borough of the Bronx, and also from an order denying defendants’ motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtGildersleeve, J.
The plaintiff recovered a judgment herein for the sum of $250 for injuries received by reason of the fall upon him of a pile of lumber owned by the de*657fendants. At the time of the injuiy the plaintiff was engaged in taking lumber from a pile in defendants’ yard and loading it upon a truck. While doing this work another pile of lumber, standing a short distance from where the plaintiff was at work, fell and some of the pieces struck the plaintiff, causing the injuries complained of. The cause of the fall of the pile was entirely unknown, and no reason for it is given. The court charged the jury…
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