Faith v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Elizabeth Faith, as administratrix, etc., of John W. Faith, deceased, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Onondaga on the 13th day of September, 1904, 1 upon a nonsuit granted by the court after a trial at the Onondaga Trial Term, a verdict by the jury having previously been rendered in favor of the plaintiff. ’ The action was begun under the Employers’ Liability Act, so…
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Appeal by the plaintiff, Elizabeth Faith, as administratrix, etc., of John W. Faith, deceased, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Onondaga on the 13th day of September, 1904, 1 upon a nonsuit granted by the court after a trial at the Onondaga Trial Term, a verdict by the jury having previously been rendered in favor of the plaintiff. ’ The action was begun under the Employers’ Liability Act, so called, being chapter 600 of the Laws of 1902, on the 18tli day of July, 1903, to recover damages resulting from the…
1Opinion of the Court
McLennan, P. J.:
The accident which is the subject of this action occurred on the 17th day of March, 1903, at the “ roundhouse ” of the defendant in the village of East Syracuse, N. Y. The deceased at the time was in defendant’s employ and had been continuously for more than twenty years. He was an experienced' boilermaker, was then engaged in that capacity, and was entirely familiar with the methods adopted by the defendant of doing such work. One Peters was superintendent and had general supervision of all work done at the roundhouse and of the men there employed ; had authority to hire or…
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