O'Reilly v. New Brunswick, Amboy & New York Steamboat Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the General Term of the City Court, affirming a judgment of the City Court, entered in favor of the plaintiff, upon the verdict of a jury, and affirming an order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtFreedman, P. J.
This action was brought to recover damages for the alleged negligence of the defendant.
It appears that the plaintiff was the owner of the canal boat Julia 0. Driscoll; that on January 28, 1895, this boat was lying at a dock on the Raritan river, and that the defendant was the owner of the steamer ¡New Brunswick, then navigating the waters of said river. It is claimed by the plaintiff that on the morning of that day the steamer while proceeding rapidly on her way down the stream, the river then being full of ice, caused the ice to be forced so strongly against the canal boat as to cut a hole…
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