Newburgh Land & Dock Company v. The Texas Company

HAND, Circuit Judge.

The defendant appeals from so much of a judgment as allowed interest upon the verdict of a jury from the time when the loss occurred instead of from the entry of the judgment. The issue arose in the following way. The plaintiff, a-New York corporation, sued the defendant, a Delaware corporation, in the District Court to recover damages for injuries to its “floating dock,” moored in the Hudson River at Newburgh, New York, caused by the negligent navigation of the defendant’s tug and barges. The case was tried to a jury before Ryan, J., and the jury brought in a verdict of…