Siegel v. Gordon — 278 N.Y. 416

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p. 416

Morris Siegel, Respondent, v. Walter R. Gordon, as Trustee under the Will of Mary A. Gordon, Deceased, Defendant, and City Bank Farmers Trust Company, as Trustee under the Will of Mary A. Gordon, Deceased, Appellant.

Argued May 26, 1938;

decided July 7, 1938.

p. 417

H. H. Brown, J. O. Denniston and E. C. Sherwood for appellant.

Any negligence herein was that of an employee of the cafeteria corporation and for the consequences of such negligence there is no legal theory on which the defendants may be held hable. (Tilem v. Alon Holding Corp., 276 N. Y. 531 ; Kirby v. Newman, 239 N. Y. 470 ; Trustees of Canandaiqua v. Foster, 156 N. Y. 354 ; Bardel v. Standard Oil Co., 218 App. Div. 145 .)

J. Irwin Shapiro for respondent.

The defendant owner is hable in nuisance. (Congreve v. Smith, 18 N. Y. 79 ; Congreve v. Morgan, 18 N. Y. 84 ; Creed v. Hartmann, 29 N. Y. 591 ; Irvine v. Wood, 51 N. Y. 224 ; McFarlane v. City of Niagara Falls, 247 N. Y. 340 .) The defend

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ant owner is liable in negligence. (West v. Kingsway Realty Corp., 218 App. Div. 494 ; Pensa v. Raleigh Hall, 243 App. Div. 816 ; Appel v. Muller, 262 N. Y. 278 ; Rohlfs v. Weil, 271 N. Y. 444 ; Gildea v. Harris Fine R. & C. Co., 249 App. Div. 775 ; Rosenholz v. Shattuck Co., 112 Misc. Rep. 468 .)

The appellant was not guilty of any negligence in the maintenance of the cellar doors. The accident occurred solely through the negligence of a third party. (Kirby v. Newman, 239 N. Y. 470 .)

The judgments should be reversed and the complaint dismissed, with costs in all courts.

Crane, Ch. J., Lehman, O’Brien, Htjbbs, Loughran, Finch and Rippey, JJ., concur.

Judgments reversed, etc.

Cases cited

Tilem v. Alon Holding Corp. 276 N. Y. 531 N.Y. 1937-11-16 p. 417
Kirby v. Newman 239 N. Y. 470 N.Y. 1925-02-25 p. 417, p. 418
Trustees of The Village of Canandaigua v. Foster 156 N. Y. 354 N.Y. 1898-06-07 p. 417
Congreve v. Smith 18 N. Y. 79 N.Y. p. 417
Congreve v. Morgan 18 N. Y. 84 N.Y. p. 417
Creed v. Hartmann 29 N. Y. 591 N.Y. p. 417
Irvine v. Wood 51 N. Y. 224 N.Y. Comm'n App. p. 417
McFarlane v. City of Niagara Falls 247 N. Y. 340 N.Y. 1928-02-14 p. 417
Appel v. Muller 262 N. Y. 278 N.Y. 1933-07-11 p. 418
Rohlfs v. Weil 271 N. Y. 444 N.Y. 1936-07-08 p. 418