Case Name: Euplio Conoscenti, as Administrator, etc., Respondent, v. Holbrook, Cabot & Rollins Corporation, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1915-06
Citations: 169 A.D. 923
Docket Number: 
Parties: Euplio Conoscenti, as Administrator, etc., Respondent, v. Holbrook, Cabot & Rollins Corporation, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 169
Pages: 923–923

Head Matter:
Euplio Conoscenti, as Administrator, etc., Respondent, v. Holbrook, Cabot & Rollins Corporation, Appellant.

Opinion:
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, entered in the New York county clerk's office on the 36th day of January, 1915, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered on the 39th day of January, 1915, denying amotion for a new trial. Judgment and order affirmed, with costs. Ho opinion. Present — Ingraham, P. J., McLaughlin, Laughlin, Dowling and Hotchkiss, JJ. Ingraham, Pi J., and McLaughlin, J., dissented upon the ground that there was no evidence to sustain a finding that the defendant was negligent or that the decedent was free from contributory negligence, but the testimony expressly shows .that the accident was caused by a violation of the rules established for the protection of defendant's employees and by an occurrence which the defendant could not have anticipated.