Legal Opinion
W. R. Grace & Co. v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 9, 1960Published
1Opinion of the Court
8 N.Y.2d 103 (1960)
W. R. Grace & Co., Respondent,
v.
Railway Express Agency, Inc., Appellant.
Court of Appeals of the State of New York.
Argued April 26, 1960.
Decided June 9, 1960.
James V. Lione for appellant.
Emmet L. Holbrook and Joseph Haskell for respondent.
Judges FULD, FROESSEL, BURKE and FOSTER concur with Chief Judge DESMOND; Judge DYE dissents in an opinion in which Judge VAN VOORHIS concurs in a separate memorandum.
Chief Judge DESMOND.
The suit is against Railway Express Agency, Inc., for the value of a quantity of platinum which disappeared after being entrusted to the Express Agency for…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Union Pacific Railroad v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Corrigan v. . Bobbs-Merrill Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1920
- Burke v. . Union Pacific R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1919
- W. R. Grace & Co. v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1960