The City of New York v. . Hearst
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment, entered December 9, 1914, upon an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, overruling defendant’s exceptions, ordered to be heard in the first instance by the Appellate Division, denying a motion for a new trial and directing judgment in favor of plaintiff upon the verdict.
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Appeal from a judgment, entered December 9, 1914, upon an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, overruling defendant’s exceptions, ordered to be heard in the first instance by the Appellate Division, denying a motion for a new trial and directing judgment in favor of plaintiff upon the verdict. During a display of fireworks in Madison Square, managed and conducted by the Pain Manufacturing Company, which had been employed for that purpose by the National Association of Democratic Clubs, some of the fireworks exploded and, as a result of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment affirmed, with costs, on opinion of Scott, J., in City of New York v. Hearst (142 App. Div. 343).
Concur: Hiscock, Ch. J., Chase, Cuddeback, Hogan, Pound and Andrews, JJ. Not sitting: McLaughlin, J.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- City of New York v. HearstAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
3Cited by2 opinions
- In re the Estate of StupackNew York Surrogate's Court · 1935
- Betor v. City of AlbanyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1920