Case Name: Luiggi Montello, Appellant, v. Kraus & Silverman, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1931-10-23
Citations: 257 N.Y. 576
Docket Number: 
Parties: Luiggi Montello, Appellant, v. Kraus & Silverman, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 257
Pages: 576–576

Head Matter:
Luiggi Montello, Appellant, v. Kraus & Silverman, Respondent.
(Argued October 7, 1931;
decided October 23, 1931.)
James F. Donnelly, Alfred W. Andrews and T. J. Gillen for appellant.
HaroldB. Medina, HaroldB. Oakes, WilliamF. McNulty and Wiliam Butler for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment of the Appellate Division and that of the Trial Term reversed, and new trial granted, with costs to abide the event, upon the ground that the evidence, unexplained, is sufficient to sustain an inference by the jury that the hammer striking the plaintiff was dropped by the defendant's servant; no opinion.
Concur: Cardozo, Ch. J., Pound, Crane, Lehman, Kellogg, O'Brien and Hubbs, JJ.