Statler v. George A. Ray Manufacturing Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the George A. Bay Manufacturing ■Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 8th day of March, 1907, upon the verdict of a jury for $6,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 8th day of March, 1907, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, J.:
The judgment and order should be affirmed, with costs.
The action was brought to recover damages fqr personal injuries alleged to have resulted from negligence.
A boiler exploded, scalding and burning the plaintiff. The defendant constructed the boiler and it is sought to make it liable for defects therein which caused the accident.
The defendant denied that the explosion was the result of defective construction, and claimed it was defective operation of the *70boiler that caused it to explode. It also claimed it was not liable for any defective construction under the rule laid down in…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Loop v. . LitchfieldNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
- Barrett v. Lake Ontario Beach Improvement Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Kuelling v. Roderick Lean Manufacturing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1905
- Kahner v. Otis Elevator Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
- Connors v. Great Northern Elevator Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
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