Knickerbocker Trust Co. v. O'Rourke Engineering Construction Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal 'by the defendant, the O’Rourke Engineering Construction Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the>office of the.clerk of the county of New York on the 23d day of January, 1907, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court after a trial at the New York Trial Term, and also from an order entered in-said clerk’s office on the 25th day of January, 1907, denying the defendant’s motion for a. new trial made…
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Appeal 'by the defendant, the O’Rourke Engineering Construction Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the>office of the.clerk of the county of New York on the 23d day of January, 1907, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court after a trial at the New York Trial Term, and also from an order entered in-said clerk’s office on the 25th day of January, 1907, denying the defendant’s motion for a. new trial made upon the minutes. . . '
1Opinion of the CourtScott, J.
The defendant appeals from a judgment entered upon a verdict directed in favor of plaintiffs. The action is for the rental of certain dump cars leased to defendant and known as Goodwin cars. The defendant was the contractor for certain improvements proposed to be made by the Hew York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company at and about its terminal in Fourth avenue in the city of Hew York. The work to be done included a vast amount of excavation, it being contemplated that the excavated material should be loaded on cars and taken to. various points.on the line of the railroad where tilling…
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