11 N.Y.S. 619 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1890
Dissenting Opinion
(dissenting.) In January, 1889, the plaintiff made a contract with the defendants for the construction of a boiler for the agreed price of $650, and $18 extra for an ash-pan. The boiler was completed and delivered, and the plaintiff paid $550 of the purchase price to the defendants. The complaint alleges in substance that the. defendants were doing business in the city of Buffalo, under the firm name of George W. Tifft, Sons & Co., and were engaged in the construction and sale of steam-boilers; that the plaintiff resides in Rochester, and is in the months of June, July, August, and September of each year engaged in running a passenger steamer from the village of Charlotte to a summer resort on the shores of Lake Ontario; that the defendants agreed to build a first-class boiler at a standard pressure of 150 pounds to the square inch, and which amount of pressure an official inspector of steam-boilers would allow it to carry; that the boiler was delivered to the plaintiff in Buffalo in May, 1889; that it proved defective, and was so pronounced by the government inspector; that, by reason thereof, the plaintiff was compelled to delay running several weeks, and was subjected to great expense and damage. The answer puts in issue the alleged defective construction; admits that it did not stand the inspector’s test; but alleges that this was not because of improper construction, but of the misconduct of the plaintiff’s workmen before the government inspection. The affidavits on each side show more than 20 witnesses, the defendants’ residing in the county of Erie, and the plaintiff’s in the county of Monroe. Many of the plaintiff’s witnesses are upon the time the boat was delayed, and the loss by reason thereof, including the expense, and various items of damage. Most of the defendants’ witnesses are stated to be for the purpose of proving that the boiler was constructed according to contract. It will be observed that there is no controversy as to the boiler being defective when examined by the government inspector. The material question on that subject on the trial will be whether this defect existed when the boiler was constructed and delivered, or whether it was caused otherwise before the inspection. It is obvious, therefore, that
Lead Opinion
Order appealed from reversed, with $10 costs and disbursements, for the reason that all the matters in issue arose in Monroe county.