Torts · MBE-tested
Almira Godfrey, as Administratrix of James W. Godfrey, Deceased, Respondent, v. The City of New York, Appellant
185 N.Y. 563·New York Court of Appeals·1906·NY
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Opinion
Almira Godfrey, as Administratrix of James W. Godfrey, Deceased, Respondent, v. The City of New York, Appellant.
Godfrey v. City of New York, 104 App. Div. 357, affirmed.
(Argued May 2, 1906;
decided May 22, 1906.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered May 24, 1905, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict and an order denying a motion for a new trial in an action to recover for the death of plaintiff’s intestate alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligence.
John J. Delany, Corporation Counsel (Austen G. Fox of counsel), for appellant.
Frank S. Black and Theodore B. Chancellor for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., O’Brien, Haight, Vann, Werner, Willard Bartlett and Hiscock, JJ.