Heyman v. Stryker
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, First District. Action by Louis Heyman against Iram H. Stryker, Jr. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Per curiam
The defendant was a public truckman, engaged in the business of transporting for hire the goods of such as chose' to employ him. On October 10, 1907, the plaintiff delivered to defendant, for carriage to the named consignee in New York City, certain merchandise. The goods in question were never delivered pursuant to the contract of carriage, but were stolen by the defendant’s driver. The trial court .dismissed the plaintiff’s complaint, and rendered judgment for the defendant upon a counterclaim for services previously rendered to the plaintiff.
It was error' to dismiss the complaint. The…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Jackson Architectural Iron Works v. HurlbutNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Merritt v. . EarleNew York Court of Appeals · 1864
3Cited by5 opinions
- Perkel v. Pennsylvania RailroadCity of New York Municipal Court · 1933
- O'Rourke v. Bates, New York County Courts1911
- Heyman v. StrykerNew York Supreme Court · 1910
- W. N. Stevenson & Co. v. HartmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1920
- Heyman v. StrykerAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1910