Block v. United States Express Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Teenci-iaed, J.

This is an'appeal from a judgment of the Second District Court of Jersey City in favor of the plaintiff below, Samuel Block, against the United States Express Company.

It was an action upon contract for damages claimed by the plaintiff on account of the defendant’s failure to deliver a package of clothing which was shipped by the plaintiff through the defendant express company from its Bayonne office on June 8th, 1906, consigned to N. Levy & Son, 174 Canal street, New York City. The clothing was valued at '$75, and there was evidence at…