LANGNER v. JESSUP HOLDING, INC.


9 N.Y.2d 871 (1961)

Sally Langner et al., Respondents, v. Jessup Holding, Inc., Respondent, and Maintenance Company, Inc., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 27, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick E. Gibbons and James O. Denniston for appellant.

E. Edan Spencer and Edith L. Fisch for Jessup Holding, Inc., respondent.

Seymour L. Colin and Philip Horowitz for plaintiffs-respondents.

Concur: Judges FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE and FOSTER. Dissent: Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges DYE and FULD.


Per Curiam.

We are of the opinion that the absence of evidence of negligence on the part of appellant requires dismissal of the plaintiffs' complaint against it. This case was neither tried nor presented to the jury in the Judge's charge on the theory that it was appellant's duty to discontinue use of the elevator because it knew, or should have known, that the elevator was in a defective and dangerous condition. Maintenance...

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