Perrotta v. Richmond Brick Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal, by the defendant, the Richmond Brick Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor' of the plaintiff, entered ' in the office of the clerk of the county of Richmond on the 30th day of October, 1.906, upon the verdict of a jury for $10,100, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 28th day. of November, -1906, denying .the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. •
1Opinion of the Court
Rich, J.:
Plaintiff has obtained judgment hi an action brought to recover damages for personal injuries, He was an engineer employed by *627defendant to run a stationary engine at its brick yard on Staten Island, and prior to the' accident was engaged in the discharge of his duties. He testified that defendant’s superintendent, the person from whom he took his orders, told him to “come outside and oil the brick machine,” and called his attention to the condition of two cog wheels upon the machine which required oiling. He says an old tomato can was provided for oiling the machinery; that he had…
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