Crofut v. Brooklyn Ferry Co.
New York Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the city court of Brooklyn, entered upon the verdict of a jury. The action was brought to recover for damages to the canal boat J. L. Page, belonging to the plaintiff, alleged to have occurred on the 2d day of December, 1859, from a collision with the ferry boat Canada, on the waters of the East river, in the harbor of New York, while the Canada was on a trip from Brooklyn to New York, through the wrongful, careless and negligent conduct of the…
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APPEAL from a judgment of the city court of Brooklyn, entered upon the verdict of a jury. The action was brought to recover for damages to the canal boat J. L. Page, belonging to the plaintiff, alleged to have occurred on the 2d day of December, 1859, from a collision with the ferry boat Canada, on the waters of the East river, in the harbor of New York, while the Canada was on a trip from Brooklyn to New York, through the wrongful, careless and negligent conduct of the defendant, and without any fault of the plaintiff. Before the jury was empanneled, the counsel for the defendant moved. to…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Gourt,
Brows, J.
The defendant is a corporation, formed under the act of the 9th April, 1853, to authorize the formation of corporations for ferry purposes. The certificate of incorporation, which was made a part of the evidence upon the trial in the city court of Brooklyn, declares that the ferries which the associates have agreed to form, and which are to be established and conducted by the corporation, “shall run from the city of New York to the city of Brooklyn, and from the city of Brooklyn to the city of New York.” Duplicates of this certificate, duly acknowledged by the…
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