Bleakley v. City of New York
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Recovery of damages for the sinking of scow, hired by the city, from contact with ice, while lying on the northerly side of pier at foot of 134th Street, North River.
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, District Judge.
This action was brought by Cara R. Bleakley to recover the damages she suffered in consequence of injuries to her scow No. 38, by reason of being crushed and sunk by ice at the pier at the foot of 134th Street, North River, on the 22nd day of February, 1904. The scow was hired by the city for an indefinite period under a verbal charter and was being used, under the control of the Department of Street Cleaning, to remove street sweepings from the northerly part of the city. For that purpose she was sent to 134th Street and at first moored on the south side of the pier.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- The BalticDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1868
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