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Matter of Griffin v. Cruikshank Co.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 18, 1930
171 N.E. 64 (N.Y. 1930)

Opinion

Argued February 11, 1930

Decided March 18, 1930

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department.

James F. Donnelly, Edwin A. Jones and Irving W. Young, Jr., for appellant.

Hamilton Ward, Attorney-General ( E.C. Aiken of counsel), for respondent.


Although the principal business of the employer was not a hazardous employment within the enumeration of the Workmen's Compensation Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 67, § 3), the claimant-employee was a person engaged in one of the hazardous employments so enumerated, to wit: Group 2, the Care of Buildings, and hence entitled to compensation under the provisions of section 2, subdivision 4 ( Matter of Glatzl v. Stumpp, 220 N.Y. 71).

The order should be affirmed with costs.

CARDOZO, Ch. J., POUND, CRANE, LEHMAN, KELLOGG, O'BRIEN and HUBBS, JJ., concur.

Order affirmed.


Summaries of

Matter of Griffin v. Cruikshank Co.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 18, 1930
171 N.E. 64 (N.Y. 1930)
Case details for

Matter of Griffin v. Cruikshank Co.

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Claim of JOHN GRIFFIN, Respondent, against CRUIKSHANK…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Mar 18, 1930

Citations

171 N.E. 64 (N.Y. 1930)
171 N.E. 64

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