Wheeler v. Terry & Tench Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Bessie Wheeler, as administratrix, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defend-' ant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 13th day of March, 1916, upon a dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court at the close of plaintiff’s case.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is an action under a statute of the State of Delaware,* to recover the damages sustained by the widow of Reuben F. Wheeler, deceased, whose death is alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant, in whose employ and business he was engaged at the time he met with injuries which resulted in his death.
The defendant is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York, and was engaged in erecting steel structures known as derrick towers in the shipyard of the Harlan & Hollinsworth Company, in the city of Wilmington, Del.
The decedent was hired in…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Kaare v. Troy Steel & Iron Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1893
- Vogel v. . American Bridge Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1905
- Powers v. . N.Y., L.E. W.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Davis v. Gas Engine & Power Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
- Ulrich v. New York Cent. & H. R. R.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
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