Brudie v. Renault-Freres Selling Branch, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Benault-Fréres Selling Branch, Incorporated, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 24th day of August, 1909, upon the verdict of a jury for $7,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 26th day of July, 1909, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, J.:
This action was brought to recover damages for the death of ■ the plaintiff’s intestate, alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence. The deceased was a truckman in the employ of one P. Brady, who had a contract with the defendant to cart its automobiles from the Custom House to its place of business. On the day of the accident, the deceased with three other men, each driving a truck loaded with an automobile, arrived at the defendant’s place of business. The method of unloading was to back the truck up to the curb, to let the automobile down on skids by means of a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Maxwell v. ThomasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
3Cited by3 opinions
- Sackheim v. . PigueronNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Rice v. Goodspeed Real Estate Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1931
- Brudie v. Renault-Freres Selling Branch, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912