Crawford v. Wilson & Baillie Manufacturing Co.
New York City Court
Appeal from judgment in favor of the plaintiff, entered upon a verdict, and from order denying motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Clement, Ch. J.
This action was brought by the plaintiff as administrator of his son, who was eight years old at the time of his death, to recover damages under the statute. It was proven that the defendant, as contractor with an elevated railroad company, by its employees, dug ten excavations on the sidewalk about seven feet deep and six feet square, in the block on Third avenue between Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth streets. These holes were lawfully made for the foundations of the columns of an elevated railroad in course of construction. On March 20, 1893, the deceased and other boys were…
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Huerzeler v. . C.C.T.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1893
- Sexton v. . ZettNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
3Cited by4 opinions
- J. H. Welch & Son Contracting Co. v. GardnerArizona Supreme Court · 1964
- Fletcher v. City of AberdeenWashington Supreme Court · 1959
- Saverio-Cella v. Brooklyn Union Elevated RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Dwyer v. McLaughlinCity of New York Municipal Court · 1900