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Gilrane v. Christine

230 A.D. 787 Court N.Y. App. Div. English

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Kathleen Gilrane, an Infant, by Kathleen Gilrane, Her Guardian ad Litem, Appellant, v. Harry Christine, Defendant, and Kohler & Campbell, Inc., Respondent.

Judgment reversed on the law and the facts and a new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide the event. The plaintiff’s evidence presented, prima facie, a question of fact, which should have been submitted to the jury, as to whether or not the respondent was negligent in continuing in its employment and permitting on its premises a person of reckless and mischievous disposition. (Hall v. Smathers, 240 N. Y. 486 -489; Swinarton v. Le Boutillier, 7 Misc. 639 ; affd., 148 N. Y. 752 .) Lazansky, P. J., Rich, Hagarty and Carswell, JJ., concur; Kapper, J., dissents and votes to affirm.

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