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157 A.D. 661

Borckmann v. Terry Construction Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · decided 1913-06-27

Appeal by the defendant, The Terry Construction Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 14th day of November, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 16th day of November, 1912, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial.

Decided 1913-06-27

Oarr, J. (dissenting):

¶1I dissent upon the ground that the alleged negligence of the superintendent was not in a detail of the general work but in a *666detail of the particular work of superintendence. The “ pawl ” or “ dog ” was taken off by the order of the superintendent, not for his personal convenience, but to increase the facility of the general work, and thus this order was in exercise of superintendence. The effect of the order was thus to render the winch temporarily unsafe and thus temporarily defective within the meaning of the statute. The plaintiff did not know of this and the superintendent did not tell him of it when the plaintiff was ordered to work at the winch. I think the judgment and order should be affirmed, with costs.

¶2Rich, J., concurred.

¶3Judgment and order reversed, with costs, and judgment ordered for defendant dismissing plaintiff’s complaint.

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