Case Name: BRITT, Respondent, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1913-07-25
Citations: 142 N.Y.S. 1110
Docket Number: 
Parties: BRITT, Respondent, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 142
Pages: 1110–1110

Head Matter:
BRITT, Respondent, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Appellant.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department.
July 25, 1913.)
Action by Bernard Britt against the City of New York.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
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.