Parker v. McCaldin
New York City Court
Appeal by plaintiffs from a judgment entered upon a verdict, and from an order denying plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Clement, Ch. J.
The defendant chartered to the plaintiffs the steamer Ca/roline Miller to carry lumber from Port Royal to New York city for as many voyages as could be made during the period of eleven months from February 1,1887. There was a provision in the charter party that the defendant had the privilege of canceling the same after August ’ 1, 1887, on giving sixty days’ notice in writing. The defendant claimed on the trial that, on August third, the written notice was served on the plaintiffs, and that the charter party was, therefore, ended on October first. On the other hand, the…
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Harvey v. Connecticut & Passumpsic Rivers RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
- Bracket v. M'NairNew York Supreme Court · 1817
- Ogden v. . MarshallNew York Court of Appeals · 1853
3Cited by2 opinions
- Scott v. Moragues Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1918
- Lyman v. Young Men's Cosmopolitan ClubAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898