City of New York v. Trustees of Sailors' Snug Harbor
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Submission of a controversy upon an agreed statement of facts, pursuant to section 1279 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
1Opinion of the Court
O’Brien, J.:
The question at issue is whether, under the present law, the superintendent of buildings in the city of New York, or the Factory Inspector of the State, has jurisdiction to require the erection of fire escapes on factory buildings in the borough of Manhattan. ' It • appears that the defendant is the owner of a factory building known as Nos. 24 to 34 University- place in the borough of Manhattan, upon which the superintendent of buildings. directed it to put a fire *357escape of a particular kind and pattern, but which it neglected to do on the ground that jurisdiction over the subject…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Village of Carthage v. . FrederickNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- City of Buffalo v. New York, Lake Erie & Western RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Griffin v. City of GloversvilleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
- People v. PiersonNew York Supreme Court · 1891
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- Peterson v. . MartinoNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
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- Grimmer v. . Tenement House DepartmentNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Matter of Green v. MillerNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
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