O'Meara v. Mayor of New York
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal by the defendants from a judgment entered, on the verdict of a jury. • The action was brouifht to recover damages for a nersonál injury occasioned' to the plaintiff by the carelessness and negligence of the defendants’ servants.
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Appeal by the defendants from a judgment entered, on the verdict of a jury. • The action was brouifht to recover damages for a nersonál injury occasioned' to the plaintiff by the carelessness and negligence of the defendants’ servants. It appeared in evidence upon the trial, that the plaintiff, while standing on the sidewalk in Park Row, was knocked down and run over by Steam Fire Engine Ho. 42, which engine, it was admitted, belonged to the Fire Department of the City of New York. The engine, at the time of the injury to the plaintiff, was in charge of the members of the company to which it…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Brady, J.
The plaintiff, on the 21st of January, 1SG3, was injured while standing on the sidewalk in Park Bow, by Engine Yo. 42, belonging to the Fire Department of the city of Yew York. The engine was drawn over his legs and shoulder, and he was wounded in various parts of his body in consequence. The jury awarded him seven hundred and fifty dollars, and the defendants appeal from the judgment entered thereon. The plaintiff claims to maintain tire judgment upon the ground that the firemen in charge of the engine were the employees or servants of the defendants, and for whose…
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- Mayor of New-York v. BaileyNew York Supreme Court · 1845
- Lloyd v. . the Mayor, C. of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1851
- Griffin v. . the Mayor, C., of New-YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1854
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- Workman v. Mayor of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1894
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