Watts v. Beard
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, William Watts, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 27th day of January, 1897, upon the dismissal of his complaint by direction of the court, after a trial at the Kings county Trial Term, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 12th day of January, 1897, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
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Appeal by the plaintiff, William Watts, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 27th day of January, 1897, upon the dismissal of his complaint by direction of the court, after a trial at the Kings county Trial Term, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 12th day of January, 1897, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. The action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries which the plaintiff claimed to have sustained through the…
1Opinion of the Court
Bradley, J.:
The plaintiff, while in .the service of the defendants, sustained a personal injury, which lie charges was occasioned by their negligence. The business was the operation of two elevators, upon premises in the city of Brooklyn, known as the “ Beard Stores,” in elevating grain out of boats and discharging grain from the warehouse into vessels. The plaintiff was fireman of the stationary engine at one of- the elevators, in which service; he had been engaged for - nearly two years preceding July 5, 1894, when the accident in question occurred. He was directed by the engineer to assist…
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