Tebo v. Jordan
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, New York county. Action by William H. Tebo against Henry Gregory Jordan and others for services rendered by plaintiff’s tug in towing defendants’ vessels. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial made on the minutes, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtFollett, J.
This action was brought to recover the contract price for the services of the steam tug B. T. Haviland rendered between October 26, 1888, and January 8, 1889. The defense interposed is that the tug was unseaworthy, and that by the negligence of its officers and pilot the defendants’ vessels which the tug had in tow were greatly injured. All of the questions involved in this appeal except two were disposed of when the case was before this court on the last appeal. 67 Hun, 392, 22 N. Y. Supp. 156. It is now urged that the tug was unseaworthy, because, at the time of the strandings by which the…
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- Tebo v. JordanNew York Supreme Court · 1893