Case Name: SPECTOR v. FELDMAN et al.
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1913-04-04
Citations: 140 N.Y.S. 979
Docket Number: 
Parties: SPECTOR v. FELDMAN et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 140
Pages: 979–980

Head Matter:
SPECTOR v. FELDMAN et al.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department.
April 4, 1913.)
Master and Servant (§ 264 )—Action for Injuries—Issues—Insufficiency of Notice.
Where the evidence in a servant’s action for injuries established a sufficient cause of action at common law, and it was submitted to the jury without reference to the Employer’s Liability Act (Consol. Laws 1909, c. 31), or any liability of defendant thereunder, the insufficiency .of the notice under the act was not ground for reversal.
[Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Master and Servant, Cent Dig. §§ 861-876; Dec. Dig. § 264.*]
McLaughlin and Dowling, JJ., dissenting.
Appeal from Trial Term, New York County.'
Action by William Spector against Esther Feldman and others. From a judgment on the verdict, and from an order denying motion for a new trial, defendants appeal. Affirmed.
Argued before INGRAHAM, P. J., and McLAUGHLIN, LAUGHLIN, SCOTT, and DOWLING, JJ.
Edward M. Grout, of New York City, for appellants.
Charles Goldzier, of New York City, for respondent.
For other cases see same topic & § number in Dec. & Am. Digs. 1907 to date, & Rep’r Indexes

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Judgment and order affirmed, with costs, on the ground that, although the notice was insufficient under the Employer's Liability Act (Consol. Laws 1909, c. 31), yet the evidence established a sufficient cause of action at common law, and it was submitted to the jury without reference to the Employer's Liability Act, or any liability of the defendants thereunder.