New York Court of Appeals

George S. Storm, as Administrator of the Estate of Thomas S. Storm, Deceased, Respondent v. the New York Telephone…

March 3, 1936270 N.Y. 103

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals reversed the Appellate Division, holding that the telephone company owed only a duty to warn the supervisory officials of the lighting company about the defective pole and that it fulfilled that duty; consequently the complaint was dismissed.