Pyne v. Marx & Rawolle
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, William Pyne, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 21st day of February, 1912, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court at the close of plaintiff’s case on a trial at the Kings County Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Thomas, J.:
Defendant’s four servants were placing putty on an iron superheater when it fell on plaintiff’s hand. It was slung in a chain fastened to a fall passing through a block. The chain passes over a wheel and through a cog wheel, and as it was pulled from one side the burden was lifted, and from the other it was lowered, and the hooks were meantime forced into their proper place by springs that prevented slipping. The super-heater was raised some four inches from the floor and rested on blocks, and after its surface had been puttied it was raised, about a half inch to allow the blocks…
2Cited by1 opinion
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