Borgeson v. United States Projectile Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The United States Projectile Company, from a judgment of the City Court of Brooklyn in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of said court on the 5th day of April, 1895, upon the verdict of a jury for $8,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 8th day of May, 1895, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. " '
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
The action arises out of the relation of master and servant. Defendant, among other things, manufactured steel tubes and *58employed in such manufacture a machine called a hydraulic draw < bench. Ib has a cylinder piston and piston rod, working Upon the same principle as a steam engine, the motive power being water . under pressure instead of steam. The stroke of the piston rod is horizontal and extends from the head of the cylinder to a die head, a distance of thirteen. and One-half feet. At the .outer end 'of the piston rod is a cross head or ram, with jaws. >. The die head is sta- .…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Gates v. . StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Murray v. Hudson River RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1866
3Cited by4 opinions
- Strauss v. Haberman Manufacturing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Franck v. American Tartar Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
- Carberry v. Acme Transit Co.District Court, W.D. New York · 1913
- O'Connor v. J. H. Barker & Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898