Guiterman v. Liverpool, New York & Philadelphia Steamship Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the city and county of New York, entered upon an order made November 3, 1879, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, entered upon a verdict. This action was brought to recover damages alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligence to certain goods of the .plaintiffs which were shipped on board defendant’s steamship, the City of Baltimore, at Liverpool for New York.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the city and county of New York, entered upon an order made November 3, 1879, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, entered upon a verdict. This action was brought to recover damages alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligence to certain goods of the .plaintiffs which were shipped on board defendant’s steamship, the City of Baltimore, at Liverpool for New York. On December 25, 1865, the vessel left its dock, at Liverpool, in charge of a pilot, according to the usual custom, the water not being…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
Upon the trial of this action the plaintiffs called several witnesses and examined them as experts, and several questions were put calling for their opinion in reference to the management of the ship by the persons who, it was claimed by the plaintiff, had charge and control of the same at the time when she lay at anchor, and the injury was done by the collision with the collier. One Briggs was called by the plaintiffs as a witness, and after stating that he had followed the sea for many years and commanded vessels running between Hew York and Liverpool, testified that he was acquainted with…
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