Millott v. New York & N. E. R.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Orange county. Action by Edward Millott against the New York & New England Railroad - Company, for personal injuries. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDykman, J.
The plaintiff in this action was employed by the defendant, and his duty was to couple and uncouple cars, for the purpose of making up trains at the yard of the company at East Hartford, in the state of Connecticut, to be run out on the railroad. Early in the morning of the 23d day of February, 1890, while it was yet dark, the plaintiff and others were making up a train in the yard, and he went between two cars to uncouple them. They were box cars belonging to another company, and the drawheads and bumpers were of unequal height, those of the hindermost of the two being about six inches lower…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Fuller v. . JewettNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Gottlieb v. . N.Y., L.E. W.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1885
3Cited by3 opinions
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