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Wilson v. New England Navigation Co.

District Court, E.D. New York

Decided June 4, 1912PublishedCited by 6 opinions

At Law. Action by James Wilson against the New England Navigation Company. On motion by defendant for a bill of particulars and by plaintiff for an examination and inspection of an object in defendant’s possession.

1Opinion of the Court

CHATFIELD, District Judge.

The plaintiff has alleged injury while at duty on a steam tug belonging to the defendant by scalding from steam escaping out of a throttle valve or pipe, which he alleges was “unsafe, defective, imperfect and improperly constructed and applied.” He alleges that the defendant had notice of the “defects, lack of saf-ety and disrepair,” and that a part of the machinery which the plaintiff was using was, without negligence on the plaintiff’s part, blown out in the harbor of New York through the negligence stated.

The defendant has made a motion for a bilí of particulars…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Union Pacific Railway Co. v. BotsfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  2. Ex Parte FISKSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  3. Carpenter v. WinnSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  4. Camden & Suburban Railway Co. v. StetsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  5. Lyon v. Manhattan Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1894

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. United States v. A. Bentley & Sons Co.District Court, S.D. Ohio · 1923
  2. Gimenes v. New York & Porto Rico S. S. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1929
  3. Green v. Delaware, L. & W. R.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1914
  4. Fischer v. Automobile Supply Mfg. Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1912
  5. Brace v. Central R. Co. of New JerseyDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1914

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