Doyle v. White
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, James T. Doyle, from a judgment of the Superior Court of the city of New York 'in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of said court on the 25th day of November, 1895, upon the dismissal of the complaint directed by the court after a trial before the court and a jury at a Trial Term of said court.
1Opinion of the Court
Van Brunt, P. J.:
This action was brought to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff through the defective construction of a certain eyebolt, which defective construction caused the bolt to break. The plaintiff was employed by the defendant as a lineman in the construction of an electric railroad on Baronne street in the city of New Orleans, and was injured while helping to string a feed wire over a certain span wire which connected two poles across the street. This span wire was fastened to the eyebolt at the top of each pole, and it was drawn tight so…
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