Walker v. Globe Manufacturing & Importing Co.
The Superior Court of New York City
Appeal by plaintiffs from judgment entered upon the dismissal of the complaint at the trial. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.—Freedman, J.
The plaintiffs sued to recover damages for injury to a stock of paper on their premises, Nos. 16 and 18 Reade street, in the city of New York, which damages they claim were caused by the negligence of the defendant in permitting an overflow of water in a certain closet on the second floor of said buildings. The defendant at the time in question occupied the whole of said second floor as a tenant, and the plaintiffs, as tenants, occupied the first or ground floor and the basement and sub-basement.
At the trial the evidence, on the part of the plaintiffs, established…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Moore v. . GoedelNew York Court of Appeals · 1866
- Moore v. GoedelThe Superior Court of New York City · 1861