Case Name: Morris Gewirtzman, an Infant, by Isidore Gewirtzman, His Guardian ad Litem, Respondent, v. Barnet Schneider et al., Copartners under the Firm Name of Schneider & Rosenblum, Appellants; Isidore Gewirtzman, Respondent, v. Barnet Schneider et al., Copartners under the Firm Name of Schneider & Rosenblum, Appellants
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1928-05-29
Citations: 248 N.Y. 579
Docket Number: 
Parties: Morris Gewirtzman, an Infant, by Isidore Gewirtzman, His Guardian ad Litem, Respondent, v. Barnet Schneider et al., Copartners under the Firm Name of Schneider & Rosenblum, Appellants. Isidore Gewirtzman, Respondent, v. Barnet Schneider et al., Copartners under the Firm Name of Schneider & Rosenblum, Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 248
Pages: 579–580

Head Matter:
Morris Gewirtzman, an Infant, by Isidore Gewirtzman, His Guardian ad Litem, Respondent, v. Barnet Schneider et al., Copartners under the Firm Name of Schneider & Rosenblum, Appellants. Isidore Gewirtzman, Respondent, v. Barnet Schneider et al., Copartners under the Firm Name of Schneider & Rosenblum, Appellants.
(Argued May 4, 1928;
decided May 29, 1928.)
Everett W. Bovard, Clarence E. Mellen and Norman G. Hewitt for appellant.
Harold R. Medina, William F. McNulty and Arthur J. Levine for respondents.

Opinion:
Judgment of Appellate Division and that of Trial Term reversed and new trial granted, with costs to abide event, on the ground that the trial judge erroneously charged the jury that as a matter of law the pile of lumber was in the custody and control of the defendants, and that they were alone responsible for any negligence involved in the falling of the pile.
Concur: Cardozo, Ch. J., Crane, Andrews, Lehman, Kellogg and O'Brien, JJ. Not sitting: Pound, J.