O'Keefe v. Great Northern Elevator Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Michael O’Keefe, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in fávor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 20th day of April, 1904, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a trial at the Erie Trial Term, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 18th day of April, 1904, directing the dismissal of the complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Spring, J.:
The plaintiff, a scooper employed in elevating wheat from the steamboat Neptune at the elevator of the defendant in the city of Buffalo was injured on the 6th of October, 1902, by the falling of a hook chain and block weighing forty or fifty pounds and charges the defendant with negligence in producing the injuries.
The plaintiff was employed by the Lake Carriers’ Association, but by virtue of an arrangement with the defendant the latter furnished the equipment for discharging the grain at its elevator and kept a man called the monthly man present at the unloading of the boats, to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Stringham v. . StewartNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Connors v. Great Northern Elevator Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
- Connors v. . Great Northern Elevator CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Sutter v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
3Cited by1 opinion
- Rossiter v. Peter Cooper's Glue FactoryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913