Reisig v. International Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, International Railway Company and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Niagara on the 9th day of May, 1919, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the same day denying defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Hubbs, J.:
This action was brought to recover the damages sustained by the plaintiff because of injuries received while a passenger on a car of the defendant railway company. It was brought against the defendants jointly.
At the time of the accident in question the defendant ReadCoddington Engineering Company was engaged in paving the easterly side of Main street in the city of Niagara Falls. In doing that work it used a concrete mixer which weighed about eight tons upon which was a steel boom about twenty feet long and so attached that it could be swung at various angles in front of the mixer.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Potter v. . BrowneNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
- Piper v. New York State RailwaysAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918
- Wimmer v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
3Cited by1 opinion
- Leskody v. Atlantic Stevedoring Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1964