Usher v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Rockland on the 20th day of May, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 14th day of June, 1901, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Hirschberg, J.:
The action is brought to recover damages for the breach of a contract by which the plaintiff claims that the defendant employed him .to work for life at a monthly compensation of thirty-five dollars, or about half pay. There was evidence from which the jury was justified in concluding that such a contract was entered into on June 6, 1895,- between the plaintiff and William G. Watson, now deceased, .then superintendent of the Hudson River division of one of the defendant’s railroads. The plaintiff had been injured the previous March while in the defendant’s employ as brakeman,…
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