Johnson v. Prince Line Ltd.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Prince Line, .Limited, from a judgment of the Supreme Coúrt in favor of the. plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of 'Kings on the 28th day of June, 1904, upon the verdict of a jury for $2,500, ¡and also from an .order entered in said clerk’s office on the 22d day of June, 1904, denying, the defendant’s motion for a new trial. made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The complaint alleges several groutids of negligence on the part* of the defendant, but the case as finally submitted to the jury resolved itself into a single question of fact, and that was whether the defendant was negligent in not providing rules and regulations for the operation of a winch under the. circumstances under which the accident complained of occurred,, the question ' being raised by defendant’s exception.to the charge. : The facts, which are not seriously in dispute^ are as follows:
The plaintiff was employed in a gang of eight men as a longshoreman and was engaged…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Devoe v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Corcoran v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
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