Case Name: Louise M. Schonfeld, Appellant, v. McMullen, Snare & Triest, Inc., Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1919-07-15
Citations: 227 N.Y. 559
Docket Number: 
Parties: Louise M. Schonfeld, Appellant, v. McMullen, Snare & Triest, Inc., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 227
Pages: 559–559

Head Matter:
Louise M. Schonfeld, Appellant, v. McMullen, Snare & Triest, Inc., Respondent.
Schonfeld v. McMullen, Snare & Triest, 173 App. Div. 969, affirmed.
(Submitted May 27, 1919;
decided July 15, 1919.)
Appeal from a judgment entered June 5, 1916, upon an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, reversing a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict and directing a dismissal of the complaint in an action to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by-plaintiff through the negligence of defendant, a contractor engaged in building a portion of the subway in Lexington avenue in the city of New York. In the course of the work a temporary sidewalk of planks was laid. Plaintiff while walking thereon slipped and fell. The Appellate Division held that there was no sufficient evidence of defendant’s negligence.
Raymond D. Fuller for appellant.
John R. Halsey for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Hiscock, Ch. J., Chase, Collin, Cuddeback and Hogan, JJ. Not sitting: McLaughlin, J. Absent: Crane, J.