Cole v. Fall Brook Coal Co.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Steuben county. Action by Lafayette Cole against the Fall Brook Coal Company to recover damages for personal injuries. From a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of plaintiff, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, made on a case and exceptions and certain affidavits, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWerner, J.
The plaintiff was on the 9th day of November, 1887, employed by the defendant as a brakeman. On that day, while engaged in coupling cars, he was caught between the rear end of the tender and the front end of a gondola car, and sustained serious injuries. The alleged negligence of the defendant, upon which this action is brought, consisted in the use of a car from which the left-hand bumper was gone, thus permitting the cars between which plaintiff was required to go in making couplings to come so closely together as to crush him between the sills. The condition of the car in question, the…
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