Davis v. Gas Engine & Power Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, the Gas Engine and Power Company and another, from a judgment of' the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Rockland on the 3d day of March, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 16th day of March, 1911, denying the defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The defendant is a boat builder, having- a plant near the Harlem, river in the city of New York. In the building of a boat one hundred and twenty-five feet long it became necessary to construct a temporary building over the hull to protect the workmen and the boat from the elements. The boat had be.en completed,, or nearly so, and the plaintiff, Who was an experienced shipcarpenter, who had worked upon the premises for about seven years, was directed to assist in tearing down the temporary structure. The building was cheaply constructed, the roof being made with rafters reaching…
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