Blank v. Marine Basin Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Joseph Blank, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 12th day of January, 1917, dismissing the complaint on the merits upon the decision of the court after a trial before the court, the jury having been waived.
1Opinion of the Court
Putnam, J.:
Defendant conducted a marine dock or basin near Hubbard street, Gravesend Bay, Brooklyn, for the wharfage of motor boats and other navigable craft. It had also a warehouse with facilities for storage. The basin was oblong in shape, without gates, haying an open entrance seaward seventy-five feet in width.
In July, 1912, plaintiff entered this marine basin and tied up his gasoline motor launch there, with two lines which led to mooring posts. The lines apparently were padlocked. He then went to the superintendent’s office and arranged for paying four dollars and twenty cents a month…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hastorf v. KellyNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1880
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