Reubens v. Ludgate Hill Steamship Co.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the special term denying a motion to make a complaint more definite and certain. Morris Reubens and Bernhard Reubens sued the Ludgate Hill Steamship Company (Limited), a common carrier of goods, to recover damages for negligence in transporting fur in one of its vessels. The complaint after alleging, 1. that defendant was a. foreign corporation: 2. the copartnership of the plaintiffs,, then proceeded as follows : Third.
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Appeal from an order of the special term denying a motion to make a complaint more definite and certain. Morris Reubens and Bernhard Reubens sued the Ludgate Hill Steamship Company (Limited), a common carrier of goods, to recover damages for negligence in transporting fur in one of its vessels. The complaint after alleging, 1. that defendant was a. foreign corporation: 2. the copartnership of the plaintiffs,, then proceeded as follows : Third. That on or about June 22, 1887, the defendant undertook to transport to New York, for hire by one of its vessels, called the “Ludgate Hill,” ninety…
1Opinion of the CourtBrady, J.
This is an action for relief. The defendants are alleged to be common carriers for hire between London, in England, and this city. The allegation is that on . June 22, 1887, the defendant undertook to transport to Hew York for hire, by its vessel, called the “Ludgate Hill,” ninety cases of furs, the property of the plaintiffs, and to deliver the same safely and in good order to the plaintiffs at -,the city of Hew York, for which service the defendant was ]paid, and then that “ the defendant so negligently and carelessly misbehaved itself in transporting the fur that the 1 *467plaintiff, by reason…
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