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The Ben Franklin Transportation Company, Appellant, v. The City of Yonkers, Respondent, 1908 — 192 N.Y. 551 · caselaw · US
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The Ben Franklin Transportation Company, Appellant, v. The City of Yonkers, Respondent
192 N.Y. 551·New York Court of Appeals·1908·NY
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The Ben Franklin Transportation Company, Appellant, v. The City of Yonkers, Respondent.
Franklin Transportation Co. v. Gity of Yonkers, 117 App. Div. 793, affirmed.
(Argued April 14, 1908;
decided May 19, 1908.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered March 16, 1907, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a verdict and an order denying a motion for a new trial in an action to recover damages alleged to have been caused the plaintiff through the obstruction by the defendant of a certain navigable stream.
James M. Hunt for appellant.
Charles E. Otis for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs ; no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Gray, Haight, Vann, Willard Bartlett, Hiscock and Chase, JJ.