Legal Opinion

Schweitzer v. Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt Actien Gesellschaft

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 29, 1912PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal" by the defendant, the Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt Actien Gesellschaft, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 13th day of October, 1911, denying the defendant’s motion for an order directing the plaintiff to serve a reply.

1Opinion of the Court

Burr, J.:

Plaintiff, an employee of defendant, seeks to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by reason of a defective and improper windlass furnished by the master for his use. Defendant, denying these allegations and alleging assumption of risk by plaintiff, also sets up in the paragraphs of the answer, designated III and IV respectively, certain matters which it contends constitute affirmative defenses. Defendant moved, in accordance with the provisions of section 516 of the Code of Civil Procedure, to compel a reply to such defenses, and from an order denying…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Liverpool & Great Western Steam Co. v. Phenix InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
  2. United States v. RauscherSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  3. Savage v. . O'NeilNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
  4. Dyke v. Erie Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
  5. Crashley v. . Press Publishing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1904

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Matter of Post v. . Burger GohlkeNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
  2. Gooding v. OttWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1916
  3. Grinnell v. WilkinsonSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1916
  4. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. ChartrandNew York Court of Appeals · 1924
  5. Schweitzer v. Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt Actien GesellschaftNew York Supreme Court · 1912

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