Mowbray v. Gould
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal' by the defendant, Howard Gould, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 15th day of December, 1900, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 3d day of December, 1900, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
This action was brought to recover damages for the breach of an alleged contract. The complaint alleges, in substance, that the plaintiff, on the 4th of July, 1893, received personal injuries of a serious, character by the premature explosion of a defective distress signal which he discharged by the direction of the defendant while on. the latter’s yacht, and that on the following day a contract was made by which the plaintiff undertook to render services to the defendant as a valet, and the defendant agreed to employ him in that capacity for life, at an agreed compensation of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Gt. W. Turnpike Co. v. . LoomisNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
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