Mears v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for injury to goods received for transportation; brought to the Court of Common Pleas for New Haven County, and tried to the jury before Hubbard, J.; verdict and judgment for defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
The plaintiffs employed one McDonald, in Waltham, Massachusetts, to pack and box there a piano, and to make a contract with the Boston & Maine Railroad Com pany for its shipment to New Haven, Connecticut, at the most reasonable rate. McDonald, having packed and boxed it, delivered it to the railroad company on October 10th, taking a paper entitled a “ shipping receipt,” signed by the local freight agent, which described it as “ 1 piano, boxed,” “ received ” “ in apparent good order, except as noted (contents and condition of contents of packages unknown).” This paper contained the following…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Button v. FrinkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1883
- Welch v. Boston & Albany RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1874
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