Claim of Weiss v. Baker-Weiss Packing Box Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Baker-Weiss Packing Box Company and another, from a decision and award of the State Industrial Commission, dated the 7th day of September, 1920, and from a decision and award of the State Industrial Board, dated the 9th day of May, 1921.
1Opinion of the Court
Kiley, J.:
The Baker-Weiss Packing Box Company is engaged in the business of buying, selling and repairing packing boxes in New York city. It is a corporation with a capital stock of $2,200. On the 13th day of August, 1919, the claimant was its secretary, treasurer and general manager. He owned about one-half of the stock. Its place of business consisted of a yard where the packing boxes were kept and tiered up, and in the yard was an office. On the day aforesaid claimant was on a ladder to take down a packing box, when a round in the ladder broke and he fell to the ground, breaking his left…
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