The Superior Court of New York City June 3, 1889 (Avery v. Starbuck)

O’Gorman, J.

This action was brought by the plaintiff for the recovery of the value of certain work done and material furnished for the defendant, at his request, in making certain repairs and alterations in the engine or boiler of the machinery of the defendant’s yacht, “Tillie,” which then lay at Newburgh, where her hull was being lengthened by "Marvoll & Co.,” shipwrights, of that place.