Stourbridge v. Brooklyn City Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Andrew F. Stourbridge, as administrator, etc., of John P. Stourbridge, deceased, from a judgment of the City Court of Brooklyn m favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of said court on the 8th day of October, 1894, upon a nonsuit granted by the court after a trial before the court and a jury at a Trial Term of said court, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 22d day of November, 1894, denying the…
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Appeal by the plaintiff, Andrew F. Stourbridge, as administrator, etc., of John P. Stourbridge, deceased, from a judgment of the City Court of Brooklyn m favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of said court on the 8th day of October, 1894, upon a nonsuit granted by the court after a trial before the court and a jury at a Trial Term of said court, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 22d day of November, 1894, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the .minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Cullen, J.::
This action is brought by the administrator of the servant against the master for negligence, causing the servant’s death. The defendant was equipping its surface railroad for operation by electricity. For this purpose it was constructing and affixing to the structure of the elevated railroad a channel or trough to carry the trolley wire. Cross beams were fastened to the flanges.of the elevated railroad; to these were bolted the channels or troughs. The plaintiff’s in testate was engaged in boring holes in a cross beam through which to. pass a bolt. In that work he was seated on…
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- Butler v. . TownsendNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Fuller v. . JewettNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Kranz v. Long Island Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Webber v. . PiperNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Murphy v. . Boston and Albany Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1882
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- Kimmerle v. Dubuque Altar Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1912
- Haughey v. ThatcherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
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