Potter v. New York, Ontario & Western Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtEdgcomb, J.
This is a statutory action brought to recover the pecuniary damages sustained by the surviving widow and next of kin of Charles N. Potter, late of the city of Oswego, N. Y., *579whose untimely death, it is asserted, was caused by the negligence of the defendant. Plaintiffs were successful on the trCL and defendant appeals.
At the time of his demise decedent was employed by C. Edward Hawley, who was engaged in the coal business in the city of Oswego, N. Y., under the assumed name of the Hawley Coal Company. Potter’s employment was a hazardous one, as defined by section 3 of the Workmen’s…
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- Conahan v. FisherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
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