Wilson v. New York Contracting Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, William Wilson, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 8tli day of June, 1908, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a trial at the Hew York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, J.:
The plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered upon the dismissal of his complaint. Plaintiff had been in defendant’s employ from October, 1905, until April 6, 1906, the date on which he was injured. During all that period he was engaged in work incident to the disposal by cars and boats of material which defendant was removing from the site of the Pennsylvania terminal station in the city of New York.
Prior to this employment he had worked for other companies doing like work and by similar methods.
The material (blasted rock) was being taken over to the North river in work cars and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hart v. . Hudson River Bridge CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Handy v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
- Bailey v. Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
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