Bell v. Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Adam Bell, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Richmond on the 29th day of February, 1912, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court at the close of plaintiff’s case on a trial at the Richmond Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Carr, J.:
The plaintiff appeals from a judgment dismissing his complaint at the close of his proofs. The action was brought by a servant against his master to recover damages for personal injuries caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant in failing to furnish to the plaintiff a reasonably safe place in which to work. The plaintiff had been in the employment of the defendant for about eighteen months before the happening of the accident. The. defendant carried on a large business of converting various substances into glycerine. In its factory were located a number of large iron stills,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Scott v. . International Paper Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Proctor v. Rockville Centre Milling & Construction Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1912
3Cited by1 opinion
- Flynn v. McLoughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916