Manning v. Genesee River & Lake Ontario Streamboat Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Genesee River and Lake Ontario Steamboat Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Monroe on the 2d day of March, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury for $9,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 4th day of March, 1901, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, J.:
The judgment and order appealed from should be reversed and a new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide event.
The action was brought to recover damages for injuries to the plaintiff, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant. The plaintiff was a fireman upon one of the defendant’s steamboats, and was injured by the explosion of the water glass or gauge attached to the boiler of the boat. The glass or gauge cracked. The engineer discovered the crack and that the steam was escaping therefrom, and thereupon directed the plaintiff to turn the valves and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cregan v. . MarstonNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
3Cited by2 opinions
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- Hall v. United States Canning Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902