Case Name: Joseph De Vau, Pl'ff, v. The Pennsylvania & New York Canal & R. R. Co., Def't
Court: Buffalo Superior Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1889-11-19
Citations: 27 N.Y. St. Rep. 573
Docket Number: 
Parties: Joseph De Vau, Pl’ff, v. The Pennsylvania & New York Canal & R. R. Co., Def't.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York State Reporter
Volume: 27
Pages: 573–575

Head Matter:
Joseph De Vau, Pl’ff, v. The Pennsylvania & New York Canal & R. R. Co., Def't.
(Superior Court of Buffalo, General Term,
Filed November 19, 1889.)
Master and Servant—Negligence.
Plaintiff who was in the employ of defendant, while at work alongside gravel cars which were being unloaded by means of a heavy plow worked by the engine, was injured by the plow falling from the car upon him. In an action to recover damages for such injury plaintiff recovered a verdict. The general term, by a divided court, overruled defendant’s exceptions, and denied his motion for a new trial.
Motion for a new trial by defendant upon a case and exceptions ordered to be heard at the general term in the first instance.
Charles A. Pooley, for pl’ff:; Frank Brundage, for def’t.

Opinion:
The court, Beckwith, Oh. J., and Hatch, J., disagreed, the latter writing the following opinion: