Proctor v. Rockville Centre Milling & Construction Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Rockville Centre Milling and Construction Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk-of the county of Nassau on the 26th day of February, 1910, upon the verdict' of a jury for $2,750, and also from an order entered in said'clerk’s office on the 25'tli day of March, 1910, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Carr, J.:
Plaintiff has recovered a judgment against the defendant for the-. ' sum of $2,750 for personal injuries .alleged to have been caused through the negligence of the defendant, which at the time of the accident was plaintiff’s employer. The injuries which the plaintiff suffered were quite severe, and if the judgment is otherwise, justified,, the damages are not excessive, and no point is made in appellant’s brief in this particular.
Defendant ' operated á sawmill, and plaintiff was one of its employees. He testified' that he was ordered by defendant’s foreman to take some boards from a…
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