Stockton Lumber Co. v. California Navigation & Improvement Co.
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. John Hunt, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChipman, P. J.
This is an appeal by defendant from an order granting plaintiff’s motion for a new trial.
The action was to recover the value of certain lumber received by defendant to be transported by defendant’s barge, under tow by steamer, from the bay of San Francisco to the city of Stockton. The lumber was in the schooner “Georgina,” lying off the shore of the bay. Defendant moored its barge “Era” alongside of the schooner and defendant had received on board the “Era” about two hundred thousand feet of lumber when the barge parted from the schooner, and a loss of one hundred and thirty-eight thousand…
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- Howe v. Oswego & Syracuse RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1867