Carroll v. Mayor of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, James Oarroll, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 1st day of May, 1896, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a trial at the Hew York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
On the 25th day of July, 1893, the defendant was the owner of a pier at the foot of East Twenty-fourth street, which was used for the storage of materials required by the city in the repair of the streets. Among other articles that were delivered there was broken stone, which was stored in bins until such time as it might be needed. Upon the pier was a mast and gaff, put there by the city authorities, which, when equipped with the necessary rigging and tackle, could be used as a derrick. The precise purpose for Avhich the mast and gaff Avere put there does not appear, but it is in…
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