Donovan v. Sheridan
The Superior Court of the City of New York and Buffalo
Appeal from jury term. Action by Patrick Donovan against Thomas Sheridan and JamesByrne. From a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of plaintiff, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMcADAM, J.
The action was brought upon an agreement whereby the plaintiff chartered to the defendants the passenger steam *117tug Annie & Maggie for 150 days at $20 a day. The tug was delivered to and accepted by the defendants. The answer was a general denial, nothing more; and, the jury having found that the contract was made unconditionally as alleged, their determination ought seemingly to end the controversy. But the defendants insist upon several matters of defense not specially pleaded:
1. That when the owner of a vessel charters her or offers her for freight he is bound to see that she is seaworthy,…
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