Lujan v. Lamport & Holt Line, Ltd.

Hayes, J.:

The above-entitled action came to trial and resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $750. The motion was made and granted setting aside the verdict on the ground that plaintiff had neither pleaded nor proved British law.

The complaint alleges a common-law cause of action as in the ordinary master and servant cases, alleging that the defendant is a foreign corporation having an office and principal place of business in the borough of Manhattan, city of New York, and owned and operated a vessel known as the Vestris trading between the United States and South…