Finegan v. H. C. & A. I. Piercy Contracting Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, H. C. & A. I. Piercy Contracting Company and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 3d day of March, 1919, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,000, and also from an order of said court entered in said clerk’s office on the 18th day of March, 1919, denying défendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Page, J.:
The action was to recover damages for personal injuries resulting from the alleged negligence of the driver of an automobile truck. The truck in question was owned and the chauffeur was employed by the defendant H. C. & A. I. Piercy Contracting Company. The agreement whereby the motor truck was hired by the defendant A. DePinna Co., Inc., provided:
“ Second.— The employees to be furnished, supplied and paid for by the party of the first part [H. C. & A. I. Piercy Contracting Company] as hereinafter set forth, shall be under *701the control and orders of the party of the first part, it…
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