Maloney v. Hudson River Water Power Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Thomas Maloney, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Warren on the 31st day of October, 1908, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court at the close of the plaintiff’s case on a trial at the Warren Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Cochrane, J.:
On or about October 17, 1900, the plaintiff, while in the service of the defendant at Spier’s Falls, received severe and permanent personal in juries. He was taken to a hospital in Glens Falls and was there visited by Mr. Pedrick, the auditor of the defendant company and the manager of its works at Spier’s Falls. He inquired of plaintiff if he *500intended to bring an action against the company for negligence, and said that the company did not want to have a law suit. According to the testimony of the plaintiff he and Pedrick made an oral agreement that if the plaintiff would not…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Andrews v. . BrewsterNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Peru Steel & Iron Co. v. Whipple File & Steel Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
- Diamond Soda Water Manufacturing Co. v. J. N. Hegeman & Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
- Szymanski v. ChapmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Wenz v. MeyersohnAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
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