McGovern v. Central Vermont R. R.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the supreme court, general term, third department, affirming judgment in favor of defendant, entered upon a nonsuit directed by the court at the close of plaintiff’s "testimony, upon a trial before a jury at St Lawrence county court
1Opinion of the Court
Ruger, Ch. J.
Thomas McGovern, the plaintiff’s intestate, a laborer in the employ of the defendant, was killed while engaged in cleaning out a bin containing grain. The defendant operated a railroad and owned a grain elevator at •Ogdensburg, and was engaged in the business of transporting •grain and other freight upon its railroad. The elevator contained one hundred and forty-four bins, wooden structures, about fifty feet in height and twelve or fourteen feet square, terminating at the bottom in a sort of double hopper, from which spouts, several feet in length and about six inches square, ran…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Pantzar v. . Tilly Foster Iron Mining Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Laning v. . N.Y.C.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Booth v. . Boston and Albany R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1878
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- Hess v. Bernheimer & Schwartz Pilsener Brewing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Huggard v. Glucose Sugar Refining Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1906
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