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Brown v. F.W. Woolworth Company

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
May 24, 1949
275 App. Div. 805 (N.Y. App. Div. 1949)

Opinion

May 24, 1949.

Appeal from Supreme Court, New York County.


In the type of premises here in question, defendant landlord under the circumstances disclosed was as a matter of law under no liability in tort to plaintiff, an invitee at the time of the occurrence of the sublessee in occupation and control of that part of the premises where the accident happened, and defendant's motion for dismissal should have been granted ( Fink v. 37 West 36th St. Co., 277 N.Y. 703, revg. 251 App. Div. 261; Cullings v. Goetz, 256 N.Y. 287, 292).

In view of this disposition of the appeal, we need not now pass upon other points urged for reversal based on other errors in the record.

The judgment appealed from should be reversed and the complaint dismissed, with costs.

Dore, J.P., Cohn, Callahan, Van Voorhis and Shientag, JJ., concur.

Judgment unanimously reversed and the complaint dismissed, with costs.


Summaries of

Brown v. F.W. Woolworth Company

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
May 24, 1949
275 App. Div. 805 (N.Y. App. Div. 1949)
Case details for

Brown v. F.W. Woolworth Company

Case Details

Full title:MAXWELL BROWN, Respondent, v. F.W. WOOLWORTH COMPANY, Appellant, et al.…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: May 24, 1949

Citations

275 App. Div. 805 (N.Y. App. Div. 1949)