Legal Opinion
Christensen v. Morse Dry Dock & Repair Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 19, 1926PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKapper, J.
The question involved in this appeal is stated at the outset of the respondent’s brief as follows:
“ The respondent concedes that the employment of the plaintiff,, appellant, was one which would • come within the jurisdiction of the admiralty law. But the respondent contended at Trial Term that the plaintiff had by his voluntary act waived his right to sue in admiralty, and had agreed to become subject to the Workmen’s Compensation Law of the State of New York.”
The pleadings admit that the defendant was engaged in the business of repairing steamships in and about the harbor of New York; that…
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