Legal Opinion

Belleville Stone Co. v. Mooney

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided November 15, 1897PublishedCited by 22 opinions

On error to the Supreme Court. For opinion of Supreme Court, see 31 Vroom 323.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dixon, J.

The plaintiff was struck by a piece of rock thrown out by a blast in the quarry of the defendant, and brought this suit to recover compensation for the injury. At the time, he was in the employ of the defendant at the quarry, and was engaged as an attendant upon another workman who was painting a high derrick, and whom the plaintiff raised or lowered so as to facilitate his operations. The blasting was in charge of a foreman, whose duty it was to superintend the preparation of the blast, to light the fuse, and to warn the workmen by crying “…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. The Nord Deutscher Lloyd Steamship Co. v. IngebregstenSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1894
  2. Van Steenburgh v. ThorntonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1895

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Cosden Pipe Line Co. v. BerrySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1922
  2. Coffeyville Vitrified Brick & Tile Co. v. ShanksSupreme Court of Kansas · 1904
  3. Burns v. Delaware & Atlantic Telegraph & Telephone Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1904
  4. Lucey v. Stack-Gibbs Lumber Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1913
  5. Western Electric Co. v. HanselmannCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1905

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