Legal Opinion
Hooey v. Airport Construction Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 6, 1930PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Cardozo, Ch. J.
In June, 1928, an airport was in course of construction for the city of Albany. The defendant Airport Construction Company was the general contractor for the construction of the hangars. Its superintendent was on the scene during the progress of the work. To a subcontractor, the defendant Tobin & McKenna, Inc., was assigned the building of the walls. Other subcontractors, roofers, carpenters, manufacturers of sash, had their own allotted tasks.
On June 7, the south wall of hangar No. 2 had been carried by the subcontractor to the level of the window sills. On June 8, by 11 a.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Ryan v. Feeney & Sheehan Building Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1924
- Caspersen v. La Sala Bros.New York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Hardie v. Charles P. Boland Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Sheridan v. RosenthalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1923
3Cited by32 opinions
- Pacific Fire Insurance v. Kenny Boiler & Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1937
- Iacono v. Frank & Frank Contracting Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1932
- Bisson v. John B. Kelly, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
- Haefeli v. Woodrich Engineering Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Wohlfron v. Brooklyn Edison Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1933
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