Boenhardt v. Loch
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Albin Boenhardt, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 7th day of April, 1908, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term, dismissing the complaint.
1Dissent
Ingraham, J. (dissenting):
The complaint alleges that on the 15th of June, 1904, at an excursion of the Sunday school of St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, the steamer General Slocum, upon which the excursionists were being transported, took fire and was destroyed, in consequence of which many lives were lost and many persons were severely injured; that subsequently contributions came to the church and parsonage connected therewith, which were expressly made “ for the benefit of the sufferers of the said calamity and for the purpose of being distributed among persons who had sustained…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hoffman House v. . FooteNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Hirsh v. . AuerNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Boenhardt v. LochNew York Supreme Court · 1907