Case Name: CHARLES W. SATTERLY, Respondent, v. THOMAS G. HALLOCK and others, Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1875-07
Citations: 12 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 178
Docket Number: 
Parties: CHARLES W. SATTERLY, Respondent, v. THOMAS G. HALLOCK and others, Appellants.
Judges: Present — Barnard, P. J., Tappen and Taloott, JJ.
Reporter: Supreme Court Reports (Hun)
Volume: 12
Pages: 178–178

Head Matter:
CHARLES W. SATTERLY, Respondent, v. THOMAS G. HALLOCK and others, Appellants.
Contributory negligence.
Defendants unlawfully removed the plaintiff's vessel, without his consent, from the dock at which she was lying, and left her lying in the stream on a log of wood which had some time before been thrown overboard by the plaintiff himself; at low water the vessel settled on the log and sustained the damages to recover which this action was brought. Reid, that the plaintiff was not guilty of contributory negligence in throwing the log overboard, and that he was entitled to recover.
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Suffolk county in favor of the plaintiff, entered upon the verdict of a jury.
R. Jénnings, for appellants. Strong c& Spear, for respondent.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Tappen, J.
Present — Barnard, P. J., Tappen and Taloott, JJ.
Judgment affirmed, with costs.