LICHTEN v. BROOKLYN UNION GAS CO.


282 A.D. 720 (1953)

Anna M. Lichten et al., Plaintiffs, v. Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Appellant, and Irving Sokoloff, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

June 15, 1953.


Order reversed on the law, with $10 costs and disbursements, and motion granted, without costs.

The respondent was under a statutory duty to maintain the gas pipes in the multiple dwelling in good repair. (Multiple Dwelling Law, § 78.) A similar duty is imposed by section 277 of the Sanitary Code of the City of New York. The complaint alleges that respondent is a joint tort-feasor. No fact is alleged in the complaint or in the cross complaint which tends to show...

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