Droge v. John N. Robins Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant; the John ÜSL Robins Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the cleric of the county of Kings on the-27th day of June,-1907, upon the verdict of a jury for $12,000, and also from an order entered in said clel'k’-s' office on -the 1st day of July, 1907,' denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The defendant is engaged in the business of making general, ship repairs, and'has its plant at what is known as the Boston Dry Dock, In the month of January, 1905, the' defendant had in its-employ Lewis Droge, the plaintiff, William White ;and John Kelly as machinist’s helpers. _ The steamship- Finance had suffered damages from a fire on' board.- She was owned by the Panamá Railroad Company,, and had been moored alongside of t|ie defendant’s wharf,; where she had for some-time been undergoing repairs. The defend-^ ant had been engaged in doing the engine work in such repairs,…
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