Spillane v. Eastmans Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the General Term of the City Court of the City of New York, affirming a judgment of the Trial Term of that court, in favor of the plaintiff, after trial had before the court and a jury. The nature of the action and the material facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtGiegerich, J.
The plaintiff, while at work for the defendant, as a carpenter, employed by the day, on the ground floor of its building, on March 16, 1896, was injured by the fall of a shutter, which a laborer named John Leonard, in the defendant’s employ, had. thrown- from a window above.
The defendant was, at the time of the accident, a domestic corporation, carrying on the business of a wholesale butcher, and conducting á slaughter-house at Fifty-ninth street and Twelfth avenue in the City of New York. At the time of the injury in question it was engaged in putting up, in the space formerly used as an…
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- Butler v. . TownsendNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Byrnes v. Brooklyn Heights RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- McTaggart v. Eastman's Co.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1899
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