Stinson v. Edgewater Saw Mills Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, John F. Stinson, from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of said court on the 23d day of December, 1909, dismissing the complaint upon the merits after a trial before the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Hirschberg, P. J.:
The action is to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff on the night of January 26, 1909, while lawfully on a pier or. wharf in possession and under the control of the defendant at Tompkinsville, S. I. A vessel was engaged at the time in landing logs upon the pier, and the plaintiff, an inspector in the' customs service of the Federal government, was sent there to pass the night upon the vessel, there being dutiable goods on it, and to prevent such goods being landed without the payment of duty. The plaintiff was injured by falling through a…
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