Mills v. Thomas Elevator Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Thomas Elevator Company, from, a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 4tli day of December, 1899, upon the verdict of a jury for $2,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 29tli day of November, 1899, denying, the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes:
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The Manhattan Concrete Company had the contract for the concrete work at the Dorscher Sugar Refinery at Long Island City. The plaintiff was in the employ of this company, and was assisting in the work of laying concrete upon the twelfth floor of the building. The Manhattan Concrete Company entered into a contract with the Thomas Elevator Company, the defendant, to put in a hod elevator, and to furnish a man to operate the same. The alleged negligence of the defendant consisted in the act of the man furnished by the defendant to operate the elevator,,who is alleged.to have started…
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