Legal Opinion
Auten v. Bennett
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 1, 1903PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal by the defendant, James Gordon Bennett, from a judg- - ment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 26th day of January, 1903, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 22d day of January, 1903, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
The plaintiff, as assignee of Charles H. Merrill, has recovered a judgment against the defendant as owner of the Hew York Herald for breach of a charter of the steam yacht Mindora. The charter party reads as follows :
“Mew York, June 10, 1898.
“This is to certify that I, Chas. H. Merrill, of Exeter, Mew Hampshire, do hereby agree to charter my steam yacht Minadora to the Mew York Herald for two months or longer, and it is also agreed that the Mew York Herald has the privilege of extending the charter for as long a period óf time as they wish at the expiration of the two months;…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Leary v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Work v. LeathersSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Reed v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Haulenbeek v. HuntAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
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- Callahan v. Munson Steamship LineAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910