Teidjen v. National Elevator Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the National Elevator Company, from a judgment óf the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York bn the 13th day of June, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury for $5,000, and also from an order entered in said' clerk’s office on the 15th day -of June, 1908, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. " ...
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham,J.:
The defendant, a domestic corporation, is engaged in thé manufacture of elevators, and on the 6th of September, 1906, was installing elevators in a building on the corner of Sixty-second street and Broadway in the city of New York. The plaintiff’s intestate -was in the employ of the defendant. There were two -elevator shafts in the building, In one of these shafts, which was about eleven by *505twenty-one feet, the deceased and a helper were engaged in placing brackets to which were to be affixed rails to control the counterweight for the elevator. The men had commenced on the ground…
2Cited by1 opinion
- Tiedjen v. National Elevator Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910