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Britt v. City of New York

142 N.Y.S. 1110 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1913-07-25 English

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BRITT, Respondent, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Appellant.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department.
July 25, 1913.)

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Action by Bernard Britt against the City of New York.

Judgment and order reversed, and new trial granted, costs to abide the event, on the ground that the case went to the jury upon the theory that the proximate cause of the injury was the failure of the master to furnish a safe place to work. There was no evidence that plaintiff was engaged at the time of the collapse in using the defective structure as a place to work. The evidence is that he was aiding in the repair of a defective structure~

THOMAS and CARR, JJ., dissent.