New York Court of Appeals, 1931

Montello v. Kraus & Silverman

Montello v. Kraus & Silverman
New York Court of Appeals · Decided October 23, 1931
178 N.E. 801; 257 N.Y. 576; 1931 N.Y. LEXIS 960 (North Eastern Reporter)

Montello v. Kraus & Silverman

Opinion of the Court

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.

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