Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York May 21, 1920 (Harkins v. Sizer Forge Co.)

lead-opinion

Clark, J.:

Plaintiff’s intestate was killed while engaged as a lineman fastening a telephone wire at the top of a steel column in the building belonging to the defendant. He was not an employee of defendant, but of the Bell Telephone Company.

This action was originally tried in October, 1917, and resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff.