Case Name: John Durante, Appellant, v. Slaughter W. Huff and Another, as Receivers of the Property of the New York and Queens County Railway Company, Which Is Subject to the Lien of the Mortgage Made by the Stein way Railway Company of Long Island to the State Trust Company, as Trustee, Dated April 1, 1892, Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1935-07
Citations: 245 A.D. 832
Docket Number: 
Parties: John Durante, Appellant, v. Slaughter W. Huff and Another, as Receivers of the Property of the New York and Queens County Railway Company, Which Is Subject to the Lien of the Mortgage Made by the Stein way Railway Company of Long Island to the State Trust Company, as Trustee, Dated April 1, 1892, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 245
Pages: 832–832

Head Matter:
John Durante, Appellant, v. Slaughter W. Huff and Another, as Receivers of the Property of the New York and Queens County Railway Company, Which Is Subject to the Lien of the Mortgage Made by the Stein way Railway Company of Long Island to the State Trust Company, as Trustee, Dated April 1, 1892, Respondents.

Opinion:
Action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff when a dilapidated building, in which he was gathering wood for his own use, collapsed and fell upon him. Appeal from order dismissing complaint at the close of plaintiff's case and from the judgment entered thereon. Order and judgment affirmed, with costs. No opinion. Young, Carswell, Tompkins and Johnston, JJ., concur; Lazansky, P. J., dissents and votes for reversal and a new trial, with the following memorandum; The building was in a dilapidated condition and a menace to life and limb. It was defendants' duty to warn even a licensee against the imminent danger. As to plaintiff's knowledge of the danger, there was a question of fact for the jury. The complaint should not have been dismissed.