Hollander v. Hudson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Charles I. Hudson and another, from 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 27th day of February, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury for $2,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on thé same day denying the defendants’ motion fór a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
The plaintiff is a decorator, and in response to a request of the defendants, or one of them, called at their residence to do certain work and was shown into a room called the conservatory or palm room. This room was eighteen feet nine inches long, seven feet two inches wide, with two feet of the width taken up by a plant shelf running the whole length of the room. Above the shelf was a window which also extended nearly across the width of -the room and at or near either side of which stood two marble columns. Each column was nine and one-half inches at the base, six feet ten…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Griffen v. . ManiceNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Ruppert v. . Brooklyn Heights R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Eaton v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1909
3Cited by3 opinions
- Watson v. Compagnie Generale TransatlantiqueCity of New York Municipal Court · 1932
- George Foltis, Inc. v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1941
- Hollander v. HudsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913