Case Name: Joseph Welk, Respondent, v. Jackson Architectural Iron Works, Appellant, Impleaded with Another
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1906-02-06
Citations: 184 N.Y. 519
Docket Number: 
Parties: Joseph Welk, Respondent, v. Jackson Architectural Iron Works, Appellant, Impleaded with Another.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 184
Pages: 519–520

Head Matter:
Joseph Welk, Respondent, v. Jackson Architectural Iron Works, Appellant, Impleaded with Another.
Welk v. Jackson Architectural Iron Works, 98 App. Div. 247, reversed.
(Argued January 22, 1906; decided
February 6, 1906.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered November 18, 1904, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict and an order denying a motion for a new trial.
Frank Verner Johnson for appellant.
Charles Caldwell for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment reversed and new trial granted, costs to abide event, on dissenting opinion of Woodward, J., below.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Gray, O'Brien and Edward T. Bartlett, JJ.; Werner, J., concurs in result on the ground that the structure in cpiestion was a scaffold, but not com-'pleted, and that plaintiff's participation in the erection thereof precluded his recovery. Dissenting: Hiscock and Chase, JJ.