BASSETT v. CITY OF NEW YORK


13 F.Supp. 1022 (1935)

BASSETT v. CITY OF NEW YORK.

District Court, S. D. New York.

December 26, 1935.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence N. Johnson (by John M. Coleman), both of New York City, for libelant.

Paul Windels (by John G. Clancy) and Matthew J. Troy, all of New York City, for respondent.


BONDY, District Judge.

For about two weeks preceding July 21, 1932, during which the ferryboat Bronx, owned and operated by the respondent, was undergoing repairs, its machinery was covered with grease to protect its moving parts from dirt. When, on the morning of that day, orders were received to place her in service, two or three men were ordered to wipe off the grease. The engine was clean, but other running parts may not have been entirely clean, when she was...

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