Armour v. . Michigan Central R.R. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the General Term^pf the Superior Court of the city of Hew York affirming a judgment in favor of-i defendant, entered upon the report of a referee. (Reported below, 3 J. & S., 563.) • TMs action was brought upon two bills of lading issued by defendant.
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Appeal from a judgment of the General Term^pf the Superior Court of the city of Hew York affirming a judgment in favor of-i defendant, entered upon the report of a referee. (Reported below, 3 J. & S., 563.) • TMs action was brought upon two bills of lading issued by defendant. The referee found the following facts, in substance: That, on the 7th day of October, 1867, one D. D. Michaels produced and delivered to the defendant’s agent, in the city of Chicago, a paper purporting to be a receipt, signed by I. T. Sunderlin, dated the second of the previous July, for 200 tierces prime lard, his…
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The defendant in this action issued at Chicago to the plaintiffs, on October 7, 1867, a bill of lading of 100 tierces of lard of the brand "I.T. Sunderland, M.," containing 36,150 pounds. The bill stated that the lard was received from one D.D. Michaels, and was consigned to the plaintiffs, and was to be transported over the defendant's line and delivered to the consignee or owner at New York, the owner or consignee paying freight. The bill was signed by W.W. Street, agent for the defendants. On October 12, 1867, a similar bill was issued by the defendant to the same consignees of a like…
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