Scott v. Nauss Bros.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Nauss Brothers Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of-New York on- the 18tli day of. January, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury for $2,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the samé day denying the defendant’s motion for a -new trial made upon "the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Dowling, J. :
On June .18,1903, the defendant conducted the “ Harlem Stables ” in the city of New York, and in connection therewith maintained, *257operated and controlled a freight elevator used for the hoisting and lowering of freight and other articles from floor to floor in the premises which it occupied. This elevator was of the familiar open type and was operated by hand by means of ropes, by pulling op which it was either raised or lowered.
Plaintiff’s intestate, William A. McGowan, was in defendant’s employ and in the course of his duty was required to assist in the raising of said elevator…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Griffen v. . ManiceNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Mullen v. . St. JohnNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Dougherty v. . MillikenNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Dobbins v. . BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Cunningham v. . DadyNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
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