Leland v. Hearn
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Eveline Leland, as administratrix, etc., of George Leland, deceased, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 23d day of March, 1899, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a trial before the court and a jury at the New York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Barrett, J.:
The action was brought by the administratrix of George Leland, deceased, to recover damages for his death, which, as is alleged, was occasioned by the defendants’ negligence. Leland was employed by the defendants to operate one of the passenger elevators used in their business. He was about nineteen years of age. One of his duties was to clean out, every Saturday morning, the shaft of the elevator which he was operating. While performing that duty upon the 6th of February, 1897, the elevator suddenly descended from the sixth floor and crushed him. He died from the injury thus…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hawley v. . Northern Central Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1880
- McGovern v. Central Vermont RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Meehan v. JudsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899