Rettig v. Fifth Avenue Transportation Co.
The Superior Court of the City of New York and Buffalo
Appeal from jury term. Action by Lizzi Rettig, as administratrix of George Rettig, deceased, against the Fifth Avenue Transportation Company, Limited. From a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of plaintiff, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcADAM, J.
The action was brought, under the statute, to recover damages for the negligent acts of the defendant in causing injuries to one George Rettig, which resulted in his death. It appeared that the decedent, a stage cleaner, in the employ of the defendant, was on August 26, 1890, engaged with one McKenna, a co-workman, in the stage stables, cleaning the stages of the defendant corporation, When Mr. Parker, the superintendent of the horse department, called upon the decedent and McKenna to open a large door for the admission of a stage just returned from a trip, for the purpose of changing the…
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