Berry v. Atlantic White Lead & Linseed Oil Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Arthur Berry, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 27th day of March, 1897, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a trial at the Kings County Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
The complaint alleges that the defendant corporation was engaged in the business of manufacturing white lead, in the city of Brooklyn in the year 1890, and that such business and the process and ingredients therein used are. dangerous to the life. and health of all who .are employed therein or in the 'factory where the business is carried on ; that the plaintiff was employed by the defendant as an assistant engineer or machinist in the factory ; that the defendant, knowing the danger of such employment, failed to inform thé plaintiff thereof, but, on the contrary, informed-…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Crown v. . OrrNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- Gates v. . StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
3Cited by1 opinion
- Wager v. White Star Candy Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1926