McKenna v. Snare & Triest Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Snare & Triest Company, frdpa a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 26th day of January, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury for $2,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 9th day of February, 1911, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. .
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
On the 11th day of August, 1908, Delancey street on both sides of its intersection with Eldridge street had been excavated for the- construction of the subway loop of the Williamsburg Bridge, and a temporary carriageway had been constructed over the excavation on timbers which also supported a gas main owned by the Consolidated Gas Company. Temporary manholes affording access to the gas main had been made at intervals and they were inclosed on the surface of the streets by rectangular fences formed by four upright pieces of timber to which two boards were nailed on each of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- McCherry v. Snare & Triest Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
- McCherry v. . Snare and Triest CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
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