Jessup v. Platt
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of Hew York, borough of Manhattan, ninth district, rendered in favor of the plaintiff for one cent damagés ¡and costs.
1Dissent
Lehman, J. (dissenting).
The defendant received a golf club from the plaintiff for transportation to Hew York. Through defendant’s negligence the delivery of the golf club was unreasonably delayed. The trial justice found these facts in plaintiff’s favor and awarded him one cent damages. Though, like the trial justice, I am not learned in golf, my acquaintance with golf players leaves no doubt in my mind but that the failure to deliver to the plaintiff a golf club to which he was attached substantially deprived him of the enjoyment of his vacation. It is, therefore, in no spirit of levity but…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Mitchell v. WeirAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1897
- Mitchell v. WeirAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897