Case Name: Warren Benning, Appellant, v. City of New York, Respondent, et al., Defendants. (Action No. 1.); Ryan Crane and Shovel Service, Inc., Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Ralph Tomasetti et al., Doing Business as T. & T. Contracting Co., et al., Third-Party Defendants. (Third-Party Action No. 1.); City of New York, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Salvatore Tomasetti et al., Doing Business as T. & T. Contracting Co., Third-Party Defendants-Respondents. (Third-Party Action No. 2.)
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1951-12-28
Citations: 279 A.D. 769
Docket Number: 
Parties: Warren Benning, Appellant, v. City of New York, Respondent, et al., Defendants. (Action No. 1.) Ryan Crane and Shovel Service, Inc., Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Ralph Tomasetti et al., Doing Business as T. & T. Contracting Co., et al., Third-Party Defendants. (Third-Party Action No. 1.) City of New York, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Salvatore Tomasetti et al., Doing Business as T. & T. Contracting Co., Third-Party Defendants-Respondents. (Third-Party Action No. 2.)
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 279
Pages: 769–770

Head Matter:
Warren Benning, Appellant, v. City of New York, Respondent, et al., Defendants. (Action No. 1.) Ryan Crane and Shovel Service, Inc., Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Ralph Tomasetti et al., Doing Business as T. & T. Contracting Co., et al., Third-Party Defendants. (Third-Party Action No. 1.) City of New York, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Salvatore Tomasetti et al., Doing Business as T. & T. Contracting Co., Third-Party Defendants-Respondents. (Third-Party Action No. 2.)

Opinion:
In our opinion, the supervision by the city was solely for the purpose of assurance that the contract was being performed. (Uppington v. City of New York, 165 N. Y. 222.) Present — Carswell, Acting P. J., Johnston, Adel, Wenzel and MacCrate, JJ.