Hood Rubber Co. v. Rutland Transit Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
At Law. Demurrer to complaint in action against defendant, a-common carrier, for damages for handling the goods of plaintiff in violation of the agreement of the parties.
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District Judge.
The defendant is a common carrier, and at-the times in question was engaged in the business of transporting goods upon the Great Lakes between the port of Ogdensburg, N. Y., and other ports on said Lakes by means of a line of steamers owned and *791operated by it. The plaintiff, a manufacturer and seller of rubber goods, was accustomed to ship same from Watertown, Mass., to Ogdensburg, N. Y., by rail, and thence by defendant’s steamers to ports upon said Great Lakes. The shipments made by plaintiff from time to time were each less than $100,000 in value. The plaintiff was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hood Rubber Co. v. Atlantic Mut. Ins. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1908
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