Scialo v. Steffens
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Emil Steffens, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 20th day of October, 1904, upon the verdict of a jury for $2,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 24tli day of October, 1904, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J. :
The defendant appeals from a judgment entered upon the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiff and from an order denying a '"motion for a new trial, in an action brought to recover damages for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant.
The decedent was a lad of about sixteen years of age, who had been in the employ of the defendant for about six weeks prior to the happening of the accident out of which this action arises. It appears in evidence that Antonio Scialo, the intestate, was during the time of his…
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