International Hide & Skin Co. v. New York Dock Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, the International Hide and Skin Company, from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in favor of the defendant^ entered on the 25th day of November, 1903, sustaining the defendant’s demurrer to the plaintiff’s complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, J.:
This action is brought to recover the amount of certain charges which the defendant compelled the plaintiff to pay for the occupation of the defendant’s wharf by the plaintiff’s goods for a period of less than twenty-four hours. The demurrer raises the question whether under section 862 of the revised Greater New York charter (Laws of 1901, chap. 466) an owner or a lessee of a wharf in the city' of New York is prohibited from collecting any compensation for the occupation of such wharf by merchandise landed thereon from a vessel and left there, until after the expiration…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ex Parte EastonSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Woodruff v. . HavemeyerNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
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