Greenwald v. . Barrett
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered March 5,1909, reversing a determination of the Appellate Term which reversed a judgment of the Municipal' Court of the city of Hew York in favor of plaintiffs for the sum of fifty dollars daznages and costs. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, ai’e stated in the opinion.
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Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered March 5,1909, reversing a determination of the Appellate Term which reversed a judgment of the Municipal' Court of the city of Hew York in favor of plaintiffs for the sum of fifty dollars daznages and costs. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, ai’e stated in the opinion. The Interstate Commei'ce Act znakes defendant liable for its own negligent acts as well as those of its connecting carrier. (Matter of Released Rates, 13 I. C. C. R. 554;…
1Opinion of the CourtWillard Bartlett, J.
This action was brought in the Municipal Court of the city of Mew York to recover $235, being the alleged value of merchandise received by the Adams Express Company from the plaintiffs for transportation from the city of FTew York to the city of Waukegan, Illinois, but never delivered to the consignee. The defendant admitted the receipt of the property and the undertaking of the Adams Express Company to forward the same to the destination indicated and deliver it, but pleaded that the shipment was accepted under a special contract whereby it was provided that the package and its contents were…
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- Zimmer v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1893
- Greenwald v. WeirAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
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