Krulder v. Woolverton
The Superior Court of the City of New York and Buffalo
Appeal from jury term.- Action by Mary G-. Krulder, as administratrix of Cornelius Krulder, deceased, against William H. Woolverton, as president of the New York Transfer Company. From a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of plaintiff and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGildersleeve, J.
The plaintiff brought this action to recover the statutory amount for injuries resulting in the death of *697her husband, Cornelius Krulder, by reason of the alleged negligent .act of defendant’s servant. The trial resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff. The accident happened under the following circumstances: Krulder, by direction of one James B. Carpenter, his employer, went to the ferry house, at the foot of Liberty street, in this city, to put shades under the skylights there. Whilst at work on the top of a stepladder, 16 feet high, putting a shade in the skylight over the team gangway, the…
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