Heiser v. Cincinnati Abattoir Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Cincinnati Abattoir Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 4th day of May, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury for $8,320, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the lltli day of May, 1910, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J.:
The plaintiff had been for three years in the employ of the defendant as a “ beef lugger.” Defendant’s place of business was at 531 West street. A row of warehouses extends along the street. In front is a platform about three feet high and five feet deep. Upon railroad tracks laid in the streets freight cars are delivered to the warehouses from time to time. Between the edge of the platform and the side of the car the space was ten or twelve feet. There was an overhead rail on which a pulley with a hook attachment ran. When a beef car came in a skid was extended from the car to a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Marsh v. . ChickeringNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Burke v. . WitherbeeNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Nappa v. . Erie R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1909
- Trentacoste v. CroninAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
3Cited by6 opinions
- Wiley v. . Solvay Process Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Heiser v. . Cincinnati Abattoir Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Drury v. American Fruit Product Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
- Hamm v. Rockwood Sprinkler Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1916
- Anderson v. McMullenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
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