Casualty Co. v. A. L. Swett Electric Light & Power Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered May 17, 1919, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a verdict. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, J.
On November 4th, 1914, one Ryan was moving a steam shovel, belonging to him, through Park street in the village of Albion. Attached to the front of the shovel was a boom some thirty feet long, rising at an angle of forty-five degrees. Its end was fifteen or sixteen feet above the ground and it could not be lowered to any extent. Consequently as the shovel proceeded under its own power it was evident that the boom might come in contact with boughs of trees or electric wires reaching over the highway. To obviate this trouble one of Ryan’s employees named Robinson was stationed near the top of…
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