Case Name: William Christopher, Respondent, v. Railway Express Agency, Inc., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1941-03-05
Citations: 261 A.D. 1017
Docket Number: 
Parties: William Christopher, Respondent, v. Railway Express Agency, Inc., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 261
Pages: 1017–1018

Head Matter:
William Christopher, Respondent, v. Railway Express Agency, Inc., Appellant.

Opinion:
Appeal by defendant from a judgment for damages on account of personal injuries, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial on the ground of newly-discovered evidence. Plaintiff, with others, was removing an ice-cream counter weighing more than one thousand pounds, from the basement of a store in Schenectady. He was at the front. It was being rolled toward or into a chute which extended from the basement level to the street. An employee of the defendant sent a box of merchandise down the chute from the street. It stmek plaintiff in the back and threw him against the counter, inflicting numerous injuries, including a double inguinal hernia. The evidence sustains the verdict. The motion for a new trial because of newly-discovered evidence was properly denied. Judgment affirmed, with costs. Order denying motion for a new trial affirmed, with ten dollars costs. Hill, P. J., Crapser, Bliss, Heffeman and Schenck, JJ., concur.