Block v. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.
Irving Block v. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., Inc.
Opinion of the Court
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Per Curiam.
We are of the opinion that cigarettes are not within the class of dangerous articles which render their manufacturer liable to strangers for a defect such as is complained of here. (Jaroniec v. Hasselbarth, Inc., 223 App. Div. 182; Byers v. Flushovalve Co., 160 N. Y. Supp. 1050 ; affd., 178 App. Div. 894 ; Hasbrouck v. Armour & Company, 139 Wis. 357 ; 121 N. W. 157 .)
Judgment reversed, with thiity dollars costs, and judgment directed for defendant, with costs.
Lydon and Hammer, JJ., concur; Levy, J., dissents.
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