New York Harbor Towboat Co. v. New York, Lake Erie & Western Railway Co.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, New York county. Action by the New York Harbor Towboat Company against the New York, Lake Erie & Western Railway Company to recover for • damages to a steamboat occasioned by a collision with defendant’s ferryboat. From a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of plaintiff, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendant appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Brunt, P. J.
This action was brought to recover damages occurring to a steamboat, the J. G. Emmons, of which the plaintiff was the owner, and which was in collision with the ferryboat Pavonia, belonging to the defendant. It appeared from the evidence that on the morning of the 27th of October, 1884, the Emmons started from a pier in the North river, at the foot of King street, quite a distance above the place of collision, for Castle Garden. She proceeded down the river about 300 feet from the head of the docks. When she reached Harrison street, her engineer, having found that she needed water, sent word…
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