Lewis Poultry Co. v. New York Central Railroad
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Action on the case to recover dam ages Un account of alleged negligence of defendant company. Defendant filed plea of general issue. Verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $884.89. Defendant filed motion for new trial. Judgment in accordance with opinion. Case stated in opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDunn, J.
October 19th 1915, I. Rosenfield and Isaac Lewis were copartners, and doing business under the firm name and style of Lewis Poultry Company. On that day an employe of theirs shipped to them at New York City, from Batavia in the State of Iowa, a car of bagged hickory nuts. Shipment was made by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad as initial carrier. It reached destination, in the original car, under unbroken seal protection, over the line of the defendant, the New York Central Railroad Company, as terminal carrier, at ten o’clock at night on the 31st day of the same month. The car was…
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