Carpenter v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The City of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff against the said defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 14th day of December, 1905, upon the verdict of a jury for $6,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 13th day of December, 1905, denying the said defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
- The plaintiff was seated in the restaurant of the Murray Hill Hotel, at the corner of Forty-first street and Park avenue, on the 2.7th day of January, 1902, when there was an explosion of dynamite in Park avenue, in front of the hotel, which caused him serious injuries, and to recover for the damages thus .sustained he commenced this action against the cityvof New York, John B. McDonald, who was the general contractor for the construction of the subway for a rhilroad in the city of New York, and Ira A. Slialer, *553who was the sub-contractor for the work through Park avenue. After…
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