Hall v. New York Telephone Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, New York Telephone Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Orleans on the Pith day of March, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury for $500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 11th day of March, 1913, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Kruse, P. J.:
The action is for negligence. Two little boys, the plaintiff aged nine, and his brother aged seven, found a bottle of denatured alcohol lying on a culvert at the side of the road and within the bounds of the highway. The bottle had been left there by the defendant’s workmen. The boys took it home, some of the alcohol was poured on the ground, fired, and plaintiff was burned, and for the injury so sustained a verdict *54has been rendered against the defendant. The defendant appeals.
The bottle of denatured alcohol had been taken to the place where the men were at work for use by them…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Sheridan v. Brooklyn City & Newtown RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1867
- Travell v. . BannermanNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Lilly v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Travell v. BannermanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
- Mills v. BunkeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
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