Murphy v. Weidmann Cooperage
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Weidmann Cooperage, from a judgment of the Oity Court of Brooklyn in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of said court on the 22d day of April, 1895, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,150, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 22d day of April, 1895, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
The evidence on the part of the plaintiff tended to establish, and the jury were authorized to find, that the plaintiff, about seven o’clock on the morning of November 11, 1892, was lawfully upon North Tenth street, in the city of Brooklyn, in company with an Italian, who was leading a horse which he was about to attach to a cart used by a contractor in cleaning the streets of the city. Plaintiff was a foreman in the employ of the contractor, and accompanied the Italian for the purpose of instructing the latter" in and about the performance of his duties. In walking upon the street,…
2Cited by3 opinions
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- Powles v. HalsteadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904