Bowers v. Columbia Garage Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of the City Court of the city of New York, dismissing the complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtGuy, J.
The action is to recover damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff, employed on April 3, 1913, as a washer in defendant’s garage, testified that on that date he with other workmen of the defendant, washed a large automobile on one of the wash-stands in that place; that after the machine was washed it became necessary to skid the car around on the washstand so as to get it back into the space whére it belonged; that the workmen were unable to make the car skid, and that the superintendent or foreman instructed one of the men to put some kerosene oil under *51the rear wheels so as to make it skid;…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Benzing v. . Steinway and SonsNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Heiser v. . Cincinnati Abattoir Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Mosier v. Weil-Haskell Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910