Scheir v. Quirin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, William C. A. Quirin, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Cattaraugus on the 20th day of -June, 1902, upon the verdict of a jury for $2,750, and also, as stated in the notice of appeal, from an order denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. The order denying the new trial does not appear in the record.
1Opinion of the Court
Spring, J.:
The plaintiff’s intestate, an employee of the defendant, on the 5th ■of January, 1901, fell into a vat of boiling liquid, receiving injuries which resulted in his death, and which are the basis of the present cause of action. The defendant owned and operated a tannery in the town of Olean, Cattaraugus county. Plaintiff’s intestate had been in his employ for three years and was consequently familiar with the work in which he was engaged at the time he sustained the injuries complained of. A brief sketch of the construction of the defendant’s plant and of the surroundings, so far as…
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- Pruey v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Patterson v. HochsterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Pruey v. . New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1901
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