Legal Opinion

Fischer v. W. C. Ritchie & Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 2, 1916Published

Appeal by the plaintiff, John Fischer, from a judgment of the County Court of Kings county in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of said county on the 27th day of October, 1915, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 17th day of November, 1915, denying his motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.

1Opinion of the Court

Jenks, P. J.:

This appeal is taken by the servant from a judgment entered upon a verdict in favor of the master. The servant complains of negligence in that the master suffered a hand truck to *605become out of repair so that, when the servant placed his hand in the truck to lift out wares, his finger was pierced by a protruding nail. The case required submission to the jury, and the verdict cannot be disturbed upon the proof.

The first exception argued was taken to a ruling upon a question that was interrupted by the objection, so that the question was never completed and no answer was ever…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Bullard v. . PearsallNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
  2. Link v. . SheldonNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
  3. Post v. . Brooklyn Heights R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1909
  4. Tremblay v. HarndenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
  5. Maloney v. MartinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903

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