Pitcher v. Lennon
New York Supreme Court
Motion for a new trial. Action under the statute to recover damages for injuries' resulting in death.
1Opinion of the CourtMcAdam, J.
The action was commenced against William Iv Lennon, as owner, and Gomes and G-leaves, as contractors, to* recover damages caused, by the- collapse in March, 1895, of four-large buildings in course of erection, known as Eos. 151, 153, 155- and 157 .Orchard street, an event which has passed into our local history as the Orchard street disaster. At the trial the action was-discontinued as to the contractors, and proceeded as to the owner, on the-theory avowed by-the plaintiff’s attorney, that the structure-*610was erected in a manner forbidden by statute, was a menace to life, and in legal effect a…
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