Allison v. Long Clove Trap Rock Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Zachariah T, Allison, from a judgment, of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Rockland on the 29th day of June, 1900, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a trial at the. Rockland Trial Term, with notice of an intention to bring up for review upon such appeal the order directing the dismissal of the complaint, and refusing to submit the action to the jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Hirschberg, J.:
The plaintiff, while working for' the defendant in a quarry near the village of Haverstraw, on the Hudson river, on the 20th day of May, 1899, sustained injuries which resulted in. the amputation of his leg, and this action is brought to recover the damages. At the close of the case a nonsuit was directed by the learned trial justice, and this appeal is taken from the judgment entered thereon.
The accident occurred while the plaintiff was driving a horse hitched to a car loaded with three tons of rock upon a tramway on the side of a mountain, and which led from the quarry to a…
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