Trapp v. McClellan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, William R. McClellan, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 12th day of April, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury for $5,000, and also from an order bearing date the 11th day of April, 1901, and entered in said clerk’s office denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J.:
The plaintiff was a fireman on the municipal fire boat Seth Low. At the time of the accident she lay at her dock, and two coal boats, the Palmer and the International, owned by the defendant and moored alongside her, were fastened to her by two lines or ropes. One line from either boat was fastened to the amidships cleat, that from the Palmer being on the cleat above the one from ■ the International-. An alarm summoned the Seth Low to fire duty, and the-plaintiff, in the discharge of his duty, went to cast off these lines from the cleat of the Seth Low. While he was thus employed,…
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