Carlson v. . Oceanic Steam Navigation Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made February 9, 1886, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict and affirmed an order denying a motion for a new trial.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made February 9, 1886, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict and affirmed an order denying a motion for a new trial. This action was brought by plaintiff, a Swedish peasant woman, who, emigrating to this country, was a passenger on one of the steamers of the defendant’s line, for the loss of her baggage, consisting of a trunk and its contents. The facts material to the questions discussed are stated in the opinion. The evidence offered of the…
1Per curiam
There are but two questions presented for review in this court, one arising upon an exception taken by defendant to the exclusion of certain evidence offered by it, and the other upon an exception taken by it to a refusal of the court to charge the jury as requested. A majority of the court think that neither objection is tenable. The defendant called as a witness an inspector of customs at the port of New York, who testified that he had been such for ten years, and had been specially detailed to examine the baggage of emigrants from Sweden and Norway upon their arrival in port, and had…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Railroad Co. v. FraloffSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
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- La BourgogneCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1906
- Hasbrouck v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
- Bean v. CarletonNew York Supreme Court · 1889
- Ocean Steamship Co. v. WaySupreme Court of Georgia · 1893
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