Legal Opinion

Larendon v. Ocean Steamship Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 31, 1918Published

Appeal by the plaintiffs, Michael W. Larendon and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 19th day of July, 1917, upon the decision of the court after a trial at the New York Trial Term before the court without a jury.

1Opinion of the Court

Latjghlin, J.:

The plaintiffs were copartners engaged in the commission business in the city of New York. They brought this action on the 10th day of August, 1914, to recover seventy casks of turpentine which were delivered to defendant at Savannah on the 1st day of August, 1914, by O. T. Bourne & Co. for shipment to the plaintiffs and for which on that day defendant issued its non-negotiable bill of lading consigning the goods to the plaintiffs, and delivered the same to the consignor, who then drew a draft on the plaintiffs for $1,574.05 to the order of the Citizens Trust Company of…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Cunningham & Co. v. CuretonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1895
  2. Faulkner v. . HartNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
  3. Comer v. . CunninghamNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
  4. Pulaski Mule Co. v. Haley & KoonceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
  5. Ocean Steamship Co. v. Southern States Naval Stores Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1916

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