McNulty v. Ludwig & Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Ludwig & Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Orange on the 2d day of December, 1905, upon the verdict of a jury for $500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 26th day of March, 1906, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, J.:
As the plaintiff was passing along the sidewalk of a public street in front of defendant’s premises a sign fell from over the entrance to said premises, striking the plaintiff and inflicting the injuries for which he has recovered. It appeared that the sign rested on a cornice which projected about six inches from the face of the wall; it was fastened by means of hooks driven into the wall, the top slightly tilted out, but it does not appearthat it projected over the sidewalk. It had been put in position about two weeks before the accident by an independent contractor.' The…
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- Boomer v. WilburMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
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