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United Lead Co. v. Lehigh Valley Railroad

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 2, 1913PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Submission of a controversy upon an agreed statement of' facts, pursuant to section 1279 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

1Opinion of the Court

McLaughlin, J.:

The defendant, a common carrier engaged in interstate commerce, on the 19th of September, 1911, accepted from the plaintiff, at New York, for the purpose of transporting to Chicago, a carload of pig tin, consisting of 323 pigs of substantially the same size, weighing 33,662 pounds. Forty of the pigs, weighing 4,150 pounds, were lost in transit. Prior to the shipment defendant, pursuant to the Interstate Commerce Act (24 U. S. Stat. at Large, .380, § 6, as amd. by 34 id. 586, § 2) had published and filed rates applicable to the' transportation of pig tin from New York to…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Adams Express Company v. CroningerSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. CarlSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  3. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. HarrimanSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  4. Greenwald v. . BarrettNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
  5. Gardiner v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1911

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. F. A. Straus & Co. v. Canadian Pacific Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1930
  2. Chenango Textile Corp. v. WillockAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1936
  3. Davenport v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1914
  4. H. R Mallison & Co. v. BarrettAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1926
  5. Blake v. BergerNew York Supreme Court · 1976

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