Legal Opinion

Scott v. . International Paper Co.

New York Court of Appeals

Decided January 9, 1912PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered April I, 1910, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a dismissal of the complaint by the court at a Trial Term. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.

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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered April I, 1910, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a dismissal of the complaint by the court at a Trial Term. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The jury was justified in finding -that the defendant should have provided some guard for the machinery in question so as to prevent workmen from being injured thereby. (L. 1904, ch. 291, § 81; L. 1906, ch. 366; G. F. P. C. Co. v. T. Ins. Co., 162 N. Y. 399; Wynkoop v.…

1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.

The defendant is a domestic corporation engaged in the manufacture of paper. In the process of making paper a machine is used, consisting in large part of dryer rollers filled with steam, over and between which the paper pulp is carried and dried until it passes in a continuous sheet over a roll about eight feet above the floor to the upper one of eight calender rolls, together known as the calender stack. The calender stack consists of eight highly polished smooth surface steel rolls about eleven feet long; the lowest of these rolls is about two feet in diameter, and the others are placed,…

2Cited by21 opinions

  1. Martin v. HerzogNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
  2. Michalek v. United States Gypsum Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1935
  3. Gelder v. International Ore Treating Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
  4. Continental Public Works Co. v. SteinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1916
  5. Welch v. . Waterbury Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1912

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