Fowler v. Buffalo Furnace Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Buffalo Furnace Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 14th day of June, 1898, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 17th day of June, 1898, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
McLennan, J.:
The action was commenced on the 4th day of October, 1897, by the plaintiff, as administratrix, etc., of Bertrand L. Fowler, deceased, to recover on behalf of the heirs and next of kin the damages which were sustained by the death of the deceased, which occurred on the *85night of the 14th day of August, 1897, and is alleged to have been caused through the negligence of the defendant.
The defendant is a domestic corporation, and at the time of the accident was engaged in operating an extensive blast furnace in the city of Buffalo, N. Y. In such operation it was necessary at frequent…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Birkett v. . Knickerbocker Ice Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Lockwood v. New York, Lake Erie & Western RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
3Cited by4 opinions
- Stenger v. Buffalo Union Furnace Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
- Donahue v. New York, Ontario & Western Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
- Fowler v. Buffalo Furnace Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Smith v. FooteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1930