Case Name: William Pilkington, Respondent, v. Atwell, Gustin, Morris, Inc., and Terry & Tench Company, Inc., Appellants
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1932-03-31
Citations: 259 N.Y. 523
Docket Number: 
Parties: William Pilkington, Respondent, v. Atwell, Gustin, Morris, Inc., and Terry & Tench Company, Inc., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 259
Pages: 523–524

Head Matter:
William Pilkington, Respondent, v. Atwell, Gustin, Morris, Inc., and Terry & Tench Company, Inc., Appellants.
(Argued March 17, 1932;
decided March 31, 1932.)
Clarence S. Zipp and E. C. Sherwood for Atwell, Gustin, Morris, Inc., appellant.
Leo C. Weiler, Thomas E. Nolan and William E. Lowther for Terry & Tench Company, Inc., appellant.
Benjamin C. Loder, J. Austin Lyons and Owen E. Reilly for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment as to defendant Atwell, Gustin, Morris, Inc., affirmed, with costs. Judgment as to Terry & Tench Company, Inc., reversed and new trial granted, with costs to abide the event, on the ground that it does not appear from the evidence that the act of the superintendent was within the scope of his employment; no opinion.
Concur: Pound, Ch. J., Crane, Lehman, O'Brien and Hubbs, JJ. Not sitting: Kellogg, J.