Callan v. Pugh
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from trial term, Kings county. Action for personal injuries by William J. ‘Callan against Paul B. Pugh. From a- judgment of the trial term dismissing the complaint, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
GOODBIOH, P. J.'
The complaint alleged that the defendant was the owner of a building on Fifteenth street, in the borough of Manhattan; that the plaintiff was a bricklayer working in the cellar in constructing a pier with the permission of the defendant; that above the place where the plaintiff was working was a covering of stone, which, through the defendant’s negligence, was dangerous and unsafe, and known to defendant to be so; and that by reason of defendant’s negligence the covering collapsed, and fell upon the plaintiff. At the opening" of the trial the defendant moved to dismiss the…
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