Knickerbocker v. General Railway Signal Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the General Railway Signal Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the cleric of the county of Monroe on the ■9th-day of November,’1908, upon the verdict of a jury for $700, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on thé same day, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. . '.
1Opinion of the Court
Spring, J.:
The defendant is a corporation engaged in the manufacture of devices and appliances for use'in the construction and operation of railway signals. In- October, .1906, it carried on its business'near the- city of Rochester in a building about 200 feet in length and 100 feet in width and one story in height, except that there was a gallery above and extending over a part of this story. From the ground floor to the floor of the gallery was 15 feet. There were from 200 to 250 men employed in the building, the greater number on the lower floor. There was a freight elevator in one corner…
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- Healy v. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
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