Rock v. Retsoff Mining Co.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Livingston county. Action by Edward Rock against tile Retsoff Mining Company to recover for personal injury. From a judgment dismissing complaint and denying motion for new trial plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDwight, P. J.
The plaintiff was a brakeman, employed by the defendant on its railroad,.two miles in length, running from its salt mine in the town of York, in Livingston county, to a station on the Western Hew York & Pennvania Railroad, at Pifl'ard. The defendant had butane locomotive engine and one crew, or set of hands, which ran back and forth several times each day from the mine to the railroad station, taking empty cars, furnished by tile railroad company, one way, and the same cars, loaded with salt, tile other way. The crew consisted of an engineer and fireman, a conductor and two brakemen, of whom…
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