Margies v. Clyde Steamship Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Clyde Steamship Company, from an order and determination of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 13th day of November, 1913, affirming a judgment and order of the City Court of the City of New York, and also (as stated in the notice of. appeal) an appeal from the judgment and order of the City Court which were so affirmed, and from the judgmeiit and order of the City Court making…
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Appeal by the defendant, Clyde Steamship Company, from an order and determination of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 13th day of November, 1913, affirming a judgment and order of the City Court of the City of New York, and also (as stated in the notice of. appeal) an appeal from the judgment and order of the City Court which were so affirmed, and from the judgmeiit and order of the City Court making the determination of the Appellate Term the judgment of that court.
1Opinion of the Court
Dowling, J.:
Plaintiff has recovered a judgment in the sum of $2,000 for damages sustained through alleged negligence on the part of the defendant. By their verdict the jury accepted the plaintiff’s version of the occurrence through which he was injured, which was, that on February 3,1912, while in the employ of the defendant at Pier 36, North river, in the city of New York, he was engaged in rolling hay on the canal boat Albert C. Hall, the hay being piled thereon in tiers to the height of about seven feet. Plaintiff went to work on the boat at six o’clock in the morning and the accident…
2Cited by1 opinion
- Margies v. Clyde Steamship Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914