Case Name: John Distler, Appellant, v. J. Chr. G. Hupfel Brewing Company, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1911-02
Citations: 143 A.D. 902
Docket Number: 
Parties: John Distler, Appellant, v. J. Chr. G. Hupfel Brewing Company, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 143
Pages: 902–905

Head Matter:
John Distler, Appellant, v. J. Chr. G. Hupfel Brewing Company, Respondent.
Master and servant — Employers’ Liability Act — negligence — defect in “way” — injury by elevator.
Appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment in favor of the defendant, entered in the Mew York county clerk’s office on the 14th day of January, 1910, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court on a trial at the Mew York Trial Term.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed, with costs. Mo opinion. Present — Ingraham, P. J., Laughlin, Clarke, Miller and Dowling, JJ. Laughlin and Miller, JJ., dissented.
Laughlin, J. (dissenting):