Dooley v. Healey
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Harriet H. Healey and another, from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Richmond, in favor Of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of said court on the 25th day of February, 1904.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J.:
The action is for negligence. The plaintiff complains that a mud scow owned by the defendants was improperly moored and handled in the face of a severe storm, so that it was cast adrift and driven for a mile, and then into collision with the dock, boats and other property of the plaintiff. The judgment against William Healey . must be reversed. His answer is a general denial. Therefore, the plaintiff must prove this Heaíéy’s interest in the scow. All of the evidence of the plaintiff on this subject points to nothing more than that a William Healey, who is a relative of M. H. Healey,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Anderson v. . BoyerNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
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