Canavan v. Stuyvesant
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from trial term. Action by Thomas J. Canavan, an infant, by Michael Canavan, his guardian ad litem, against Eobert Van E. Stuyvesant and others for personal injuries. From a judgment dismissing the complaint, plaintiff appeals. Eeversed.
1Opinion of the CourtBookstavee, J.
This action is unique among negligence cases, in that it was brought to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff on two entirely different occasions, and both within six months of each other. The first occurred on the 1st July, 1891, by falling down the cellar-way of the premises known as 341 East Thirteenth street, New York city, and the second on the 4th November, 1891, by falling down an air shaft in the rear of said premises. On the trial the complaint was dismissed at the close of the plaintiff’s case. Hence this appeal. As the circumstances of each…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Ahern v. . SteeleNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Jennings v. . Van SchaickNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Dollard v. . RobertsNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Doyle v. . LordNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- Peil v. . ReinhartNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
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- Howard v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1896
- Wesener v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Canavan v. StuyvesantNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1895
- Jones v. WickNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1894
- Lenz v. AldrichAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896