Haigh v. Edelmeyer & Morgan Hod Elevator Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Edelmeyer and Morgan Hod Elevator Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Mew York on the 15th day of April, 1907, upon the verdict of a jury for $2,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s offide on the 17th day ■ of April, 1907, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, J.:
The plaintiff has recovered a judgment for the damages resulting from serious injuries caused by the falling of a hod elevator owned by defendant, From this judgment the defendant appeals. The plaintiff was a foreman in the employ of a firm of masonry contractors engaged in erecting two buildings in the city of Mew ■ York. These contractors rented from defendant a hod .hoisting elevator, which was used to carry bricks, mortar and other material to the several floors of the building. The elevator was sp constructed that it could be used to carry either hods or wheelbarrows. When the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Dougherty v. . MillikenNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- King v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1876
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