Fouquet v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Motion to dismiss complaint at close of case, the decision of which was reserved until after the jury returned their verdict.
1Opinion of the CourtMaddox, J.
It is a matter of common knowledge that employees in the administrative offices and departments of a railroad corporation are as necessary to the general purposes of the company as are those in the departments having solely to do with the detail of the actual physical maintenance and operation of the railroad and its train service, its work of construction and repair.
Here plaintiff and the elevator operator were employed by a common master, the defendant, in its terminal depot and office building in Hew York city; the former in its surveying and engineering department and the latter in that…
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- Griffen v. . ManiceNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Slater v. . JewettNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Byrnes v. . N.Y., L.E. W.R R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Starer v. SternAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
- Dooling v. VereinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
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