Legal Opinion
Dailey v. City of New York
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 2, 1904PublishedCited by 5 opinions
In Admiralty. Action for injury to a scow while under charter.
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, District Judge.
The libellant, Margaret Dailey, in December, 1902, was the owner of the scow Bill, which she chartered to the city, for use in the department of Street Cleaning, for the purpose of transporting and removing ashes, street sweepings and refuse material. The charter was a verbal one, not for any specific period, and liable to be terminated at any time by either party. The scow’s crew consisted of one man, whose duty it was to look after the owner’s interest.
The city at the time was engaged in filling up Riker’s Island, in the East River, and was delivering street sweepings…
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- Leovy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
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- The GulfportDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1917
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