Nelson v. Young
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, William Young, 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 19th day of December, 1902, upon the verdict of a jury for $6,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 19th day of December, 1902, denying the said defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J. :
The plaintiff’s intestate was a servant of a sub-contractor of the defendant, Mr. Young, impleaded. Mr. Young was a contractor *459for the reconstruction of a building. During the work the interior of the building collapsed, and the intestate working therein was thereby killed. The testimony tending to show that this collapse was due to lack of shoring, and the responsibility of Mr. Young therefor, justified the submission of the case to the jury, and I see no warrant for disturbing its conclusion upon the facts.
The learned counsel for the appellant assigns many errors both in the…
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