Legal Opinion

Palmer v. New York & Lake Champlain Transportation Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1896Published

Judgment and order reversed and a new trial granted, costs to abide the event.

1Opinion of the Court

Herrick, J.:

This case has twice been before the court upon appeal (76 Hun, 181; 88 id. 509). The facts are substantially set forth in the opinion in 88 Hun, .509, and it is *616unnecessary to restate them here. The only-substantial differences that are claimed to exist in the facts now before us from those when last before the court are, ibis claimed, that it now appears that the boats Baker and Cook were racing at the time of the accident, and that also, just prior to the occurrence of the accident, the Cook turned in towards the middle of the channel, thus bringing her hawser across the bow of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Palmer v. New York & Lake Champlain Transportation Co.New York Supreme Court · 1894

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