Johnson v. Prince Line, Ltd.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Prince Line, Limited, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
This case, with but slight changes in the evidence, comes here on appeal, presenting the same question which was raised upon a former appeal (104 App. Div. 157). The question is whether there was evidence to go to the jury tending to show negligence on the part of the defendant in not promulgating rules to govern the operation of a winch on- board the defendant’s ship. The general facts are so fully stated in the former opinion that it doss not appear necessary to restate them here, the only material change being that while the plaintiff, on the former trial, testified that he…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Johnson v. Prince Line Ltd.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905