Anderson v. John A. Casey Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, John A. Casey Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the offieéofthe clerk of the county of Kings on the 29th day of April, 1909, upon the verdict of a jury for $6,000, and also' from an order entered.in said clerk’s office on the 26th day of March, 1909, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Dissent
Woodward, J. (dissenting):
The plaintiff brings this action to recover damages for the death of her intestate, William M. Anderson, who was on the 3d day of October, 1906, an employee of One Riley, engaged in the manufacture of boilers, etc. On the date mentioned the defendant was . engaged in the business of distilling- oil from resin at 42 Commerce street, Brooklyn, and for the purposes of its business maintained several cylindrical iron stills or tanks about seven and' one half feet in diameter and of about'the same number of feet in height.. These were constructed of cast iron and had…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Burke v. . WitherbeeNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Dougan v. . Champlain Transportation Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Creswell v. United Shirt & Collar Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906