Egan v. Dry Dock, East Broadway & Battery Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Dry Dock, East Broadway and Battery Railroad Company, from a judgment-of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk o£ the county of New York on the 20th day of November, 1895, upon the verdict of a jury rendered after a trial at the New York Circuit, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 19th day of November, 1895, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the CourtRumsey, J.
On the 2d day of November, 1893, the steam boiler in the defendant’s stable on East Fourteenth street, in the city of New "York, exploded with great violence. A considerable portion of the building in which the boiler was situated was torn to pieces by the explosion, and fragments of the boiler were thrown across the street with such force as to shatter the opposite buildings. Several persons were killed or injured by the explosion, and among those injured was the plaintiff, who brought this action to recover damages caused by the wounds he then received. After a trial of some length he…
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