Baird v. Reilly
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
PEB OUBIAM.
This is an action for negligence, brought to recover for injuries received by the plaintiff, while in the employ of the defendant, by the caving in of a trench. The defendant, under a contract with the city of New York, was laying a system of water pipes in one of the streets, and for that purpose had caused a trench to be made, about ten feet deep and five or sis feet wide. The plaintiff had nothing to do with cutting the trench, which had been going on for several weeks, but was one of a gang of men sent into it, after it had been cut, to lay the pipes upon the bottom. There was…
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