Shatrau v. . Sullivan
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered November 26,1909, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict.
1Opinion of the Court
Cullen, Ch. J.
The action was brought, servant against master, to recover damages for personal injuries received under the following circumstances: The defendant was engaged in re-opening a disused quarry. In this work he erected a pole some thirty feet long, embedded in the ground some four feet and the earth at the base tamped. This pole was secured by four steel guy ropes. The primary object for which this pole was set up was to serve as a gin in the erection of a taller pole or derrick. After the erection of the second pole had been accomplished all the guys but one securing the first pole…
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