New York Court of Appeals
Mary Sullivan, as Administratrix of Annie E. Harten, Deceased, Respondent v. Carroll Dunham, Theodore H. Dinkel and…
January 9, 1900161 N.Y. 290
Summary
The Court of Appeals affirmed the lower courts' judgments, holding that a landowner who lawfully blasts on his own property and causes a piece of wood to strike a person traveling on a public highway is liable as a trespasser, and negligence need not be proved.