Ennis v. Gray
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, New York county. Action by Nicholas Ennis against Henry Winthrop Gray, as" receiver of the Thomson-Houston Electric Company of New York, for personal injuries. From a judgment entered on the verdict in favor of plaintiff, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
The action is brought to recover damages for injuries due to negligence. The plaintiff, a roofer by trade, was at work on a cornice over a liquor store at the corner of Twenty-Third street and Third avenue in the city of New York, which was owned, as were the premises, by one. McCaffrey. There was, upon the south end of the cornice, an iron box, a converter or transformer, used to change a high-tension electrical current pf 1,000 volts to a low-tension current, maintained and operated bv the defendant. The cornice was 2 feet 2 inches wide, and the distance between the converter and the wall…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Cosulich v. Standard Oil Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
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- Millie v. Manhattan Railway Co.New York Court of Common Pleas · 1893
- Breen v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
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- Holland Furnace Co. v. NauracajIndiana Court of Appeals · 1938
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