Vogemann v. American Dock & Trust Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the American Dock and Trust Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Richmond on the 25th day of April, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order dated the 18th day of May, 1908, and entered in said clerk’s office denving the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, J.:
The plaintiffs were the charterers of the steamship Louise which undertook to discharge a cargo on the defendant’s pier when a section of it collapsed, throwing a quantity of sugar and hemp seed into the water. The respective owners brought suits against the plaintiffs and recovered judgments, which were sustained by the Court of Appeals. This suit is brought to recover the amount of those judgments, together with the reasonable expenses incurred in the defense of those suits and in the prosecution of the appeals.
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