Boyle v. County of Hudson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Case, J.

The action was to recover for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff while a prisoner at the Hudson County Penitentiary. It was tried in the Hudson County Court where judgment was entered for defendant on its motion to dismiss at the close of plaintiff’s case. The Appellate Division affirmed on appeal. The case was certified to us on plaintiff’s motion.

Plaintiff, who had also served earlier terms of imprisonment at the institution and therefore had extended knowledge of its ways, was assigned to work at and about the barn. He took care of the…