Legal Opinion

Corcoran v. . Holbrook

New York Court of Appeals

Decided January 19, 1875PublishedCited by 56 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The reversal of the judgment entered upon the report of the referee was upon questions of law only. The facts found by the referee must therefore be taken as established. From these findings it appears that for upward of thirty years the elevator in question had been customarily used by the superintendents, bosses and employes of the mill for the purpose of riding from one floor to another of the mill while engaged in work there, and this to the knowledge of their superiors and bosses, and that the plaintiff had been accustomed so to ride. The right of the plaintiff to use the elevator to…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Flike v. . Boston and Albany R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1873

3Cited by56 opinions

  1. Northern Pacific Railroad v. HerbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Fort Worth Elevators Co. v. RussellTexas Supreme Court · 1934
  3. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  4. Indiana Car Co. v. ParkerIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
  5. Pantzar v. . Tilly Foster Iron Mining Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1885

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