Granbery v. Taylor
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal, by defendant from judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, first district, for $360.65, in favor of plaintiff after a trial by a judge without a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtBijur, J.
This case has many points of similarity with Lichterman v. Barrett, post, 594, decided simultaneously herewith.
Plaintiff delivered to defendant at a house in Brooklyn in this city a trunk and a package to be transported to another point in this city at Central Park west. The trunk was delivered, but the package lost. It is conceded that at the time of delivery to the carrier no valuation of the shipment was declared by the shipper or requested by the carrier.
The only question involved is in regard to the limitation of defendant’s liability to the amount of fifty dollars. As a matter of…
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- Hart v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
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- Gardiner v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1911
- Ramsay v. . MillerNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
- Barstow v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
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- Kolb v. TaylorAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1918