Hoffman v. . Union F. Co. of Brooklyn
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon an order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial district, overruling defendant’s exceptions and directing judgment in accordance with order made at circuit dismissing plaintiffs’ complaint with costs. This was an action against the defendant for negligence.
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Appeal from judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon an order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial district, overruling defendant’s exceptions and directing judgment in accordance with order made at circuit dismissing plaintiffs’ complaint with costs. This was an action against the defendant for negligence. The plaintiffs were owners of a canal boat, “ Milton Hoag,” which in December, 1865, was loaded with coal, and was taken in tow by a steam-tug, the “ Ontario,” which on that day left Jersey City for the foot of Broad street, Hew York, on the East river, where…
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
The evidence, on the part of the plaintiffs, which was held insufficient to maintain the action, and at the close of which the judge at circuit ordered the complaint to be dismissed, if credited, would have warranted the jury in finding. 1st. That at the time the steamer Ontario with the plaintiffs’ boat in tow left the wharf to make the passage from Jersey city to the wharf of the towing steamer in East river, the weather was clear, without fog, or anything to obstruct the view or interfere with the safe navigation of the river and harbor; and that it was not negligent or imprudent to…
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