Lignante v. Panama Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Regina Lignante, from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in favor of the defendant, rendered on the 8th day of June, 1911, dismissing the complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Carr, J.:
The plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Municipal Court in- the borough of Brooklyn, dismissing her complaint on the evidence adduced by her. The action was brought to recover damages for breach of contract, and the complaint set up two separate causes of action, one for breach of contract of carriage and one for breach of contract in the letting, of a steamer chair on one of the passenger vessels of the defendant. As to the first cause of action, the undisputed facts are as follows: The plaintiff’s husband had been in the employment of the Panama Canal Commission at Culebra,…
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