Baldwin v. Sullivan Timber Co.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Hew York county. Suit by Badcliffe Baldwin, assignee of the Heptune Steam navigation Company, against the Sullivan Timber Company, for demurrage and other claims. From a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $2,156.77 damages and $298.14 costs, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, made on the judge’s minutes, defendant appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtPatterson, J.
A critical examination of the whole record in this cause presented on this appeal satisfies us.that the learned judge at circuit correctly interpreted the contract between the shipowners and the defendant, properly defined in his charge to the jury the obligations of the former and the liability of the latter under the stipulations of the charter party and the rules of law applicable to the facts appearing on the trial, and that he committed no error in the reception or rejection of evidence such as would require a reversal of the judgment. The plaintiff sued as the assignee of the Heptune…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- McPherson v. . CoxNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Scholl v. Albany & Rensselaer Iron & Steel Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
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