Kent v. Standard Oil Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Standard Oil Company of New York, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at,the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 8th day of February, 1910.
1Opinion of the Court
Carr, J.:
The defendant appeals from an order denying its motion to strike out of the complaint certain allegations thereof as irrelevant. The cause of action set forth in the complaint is founded on contract. Briefly stated, it is as follows: The plaintiff was employed by the defendant and, during the course of his work, was injured by the caving in of a well in which he was working; he gave the defendant a general release from all claim of liability in consideration of án agreement by the defendant to retain him in its service for life and to pay him the same rate of wages as he received at…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Andrews v. . BrewsterNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Feeter v. . WeberNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
- Dinkelspiel v. New York Evening Journal Publishing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
- Hatch v. MatthewsNew York Supreme Court · 1895
- Barnes v. RyanNew York Supreme Court · 1892
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