Legal Opinion
Jacob v. City of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 5, 1941No. 243PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Per curiam
The first cause of, action was dismissed on the defendant’s motion at the close of the plaintiff’s case upon the ground that he had failed to prove facts sufficient to justify submitting to the jury the issue of the defendant’s negligence. The plaintiff’s story of the accident was briefly as follows: For many years lie had been in the employ of the city as a water tender on its ferryboats. While working in the boiler room of the “Dongan Hills” on October 4, 1938, he was using an ordinary S shaped open end wrench to tighten a nut on the manifold head; as he put strain upon it the wrench…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Countryman v. BreenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934
- Miller v. Erie RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Allen Gravel Co. v. YarbroughMississippi Supreme Court · 1923
- Kunschman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
- Glover v. BradleyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1916
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Jacob v. New York CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Ricketts v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
- Oklahoma Transp. Co. v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1943
- Olson v. Kem Temple, Ancient Arabic OrderNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1950
- Ricketts v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
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