Powles v. Halstead
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Walter Powles, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of-the clerk of the county of Kings on the '20th day of June, 1902, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after á trial at the Kings County Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Hirschberg, P. J. :
The plaintiff was injured in the daytime, while standing on the pier of Mallory & Co., East river, in the borough of Manhattan, behind a one-horse truck belonging to Charles Burke, which he, the plaintiff, was assisting Burke in unloading. There was evidence tending» to establish that his injuries were occasioned by the backing against his truck of a large double truck belonging to the defendants and in charge of one of their drivers. The collision was of such force as to break the shafts of the truck which the plaintiff was unloading, to throw down the horse which was…
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