Knowlton v. Providence & New York Steamship Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Superior Court in the city of New York, affirming an order of Special Term staying all proceedings upon the part of the plaintiffs in this action. This action was brought to recover damages for the loss of plaintiffs’ goods destroyed by fire on board of one of defendant’s ships, alleged in the complaint to have been occasioned through the “ mere negligence and carelessness of the defendant.”
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Superior Court in the city of New York, affirming an order of Special Term staying all proceedings upon the part of the plaintiffs in this action. This action was brought to recover damages for the loss of plaintiffs’ goods destroyed by fire on board of one of defendant’s ships, alleged in the complaint to have been occasioned through the “ mere negligence and carelessness of the defendant.” Defendant is a corporation running a line of propellers between Providence and New York, of which the steamship “ Oceanus,” belonging to it, was one. On the…
1Opinion of the CourtPeckham, J.
Appeal from an order of the General Term of the Superior Court of Hew York,-“ that all proceedings in this action on the part of the plaintiffs be and the same are hereby stayed.”
This action was to recover against the defendant for the loss of goods it had assumed to transport from Providence to Hew York. It had been pending some four years, and had once been tried and was again o'n the calendar for trial when this order was made. It appears from the papers in this case, that the defendant’s vessel “ Oceanus,” upon which the goods in question were destroyed, was consumed by fire after her…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Norwich Co. v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
3Cited by4 opinions
- Hill Manufacturing Co. v. Providence & New York Steamship Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
- Baird v. . DalyNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Checkley v. Providence & Stonington Steamship Co.The Superior Court of New York City · 1880
- Haegi v. Providence & New York Steamship Co.New York Court of Common Pleas · 1877