Svendsen v. Frank McWilliams, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Frank McWilliams, Incorporated, from a judgment of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Richmond on the 27th day of January, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 20th day of January, 1913, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Carr, J.:
This is an appeal from a judgment entered upon the verdict of a jury in the sum of $7,586.05, in an action brought to recover damages for personal injury alleged to have occurred through the negligence of the defendant. The action is that of a servant against the master, and the negligence in question is alleged to have been that of one Stackhouse, who was a superintendent of the defendant. The nature of the alleged negligence is such that it would have fallen under the ordinary rule of a “ detail ” of the work, unless that rule has been abrogated or modified by the amendment to the…
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