O'Keefe v. Great Northern Elevator Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from Trial Term, Erie County. Action by Michael O’Keefe against the Great Northern Elevator Company. From a judgment in favor of defendant, and from an order dismissing the complaint at the close of plaintiff’s case, he appeals. Reversed.
1Opinion of the CourtSpring, J.
The plaintiff, a scooper employed in elevating wheat from the steamboat Neptune at the elevator of the defendant in the city of Buffalo, was injured on the 6th of October, 1902, by the falling of a hook chain and block weighing 40 or 50 pounds, and charges the defendant with negligence in producing the injuries. The plaintiff was employed by the Lake Carriers’ Association, but by virtue of an arrangement with the defendant the latter furnished the equipment for discharging the grain at its elevator, and kept a man called the “monthly man” present at the unloading of the boats to supply…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Stringham v. . StewartNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Connors v. Great Northern Elevator Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
- Strauss v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
- Sutter v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Sutter v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903