Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1931

Mimino v. Steamship Terminal Operating Corp.

Mimino v. Steamship Terminal Operating Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided December 15, 1931
234 A.D. 882
Mimino v. Steamship Terminal Operating Corp.

Opinion of the Court

Judgment reversed on the law and a new trial granted, costs to appellant to abide the event. In our opinion, the court committed preju*883dicial error in its charge to the jury at folios 906, 907, 927 and 928 with reference to the custom and usage in mating up drafts of lubricating oil for stowing in the hold of a vessel and in refusing to submit that question to the jury. Carswell, Scudder, Tompkins and Davis, JJ., concur; Lazansky, P. J., dissents and votes to affirm.

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