Quinn v. New Jersey Lighterage Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York
Motion for New Trial.
1Opinion of the CourtWallace, J.
The plaintiff was injured by the negligence of the captain of a barge, owned by the defendant, while engaged in loading the barge with iron rails. The captain at the time was assisting the plaintiff and other employes in the work. In loading the rails, two men worked on the hand-winch, one hooked the tongs upon the rails, and two pushed and guided the rails into the barge, when they were raised by the men at the winch; and it was the duty of the man at the tongs to give the order to hoist to the men at the winch when the tongs were properly hooked. Prior to the accident, one Lee had been at…
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- Hough v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
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- Crispin v. . BabbittNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. BayfieldMichigan Supreme Court · 1877
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