Ferrari v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The New York Central and Hudson Eiver Eailroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 21st day of February, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury for $4,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the same day, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the CourtMcLaughlin, J.
On the 5th of June, 1909, the plaintiff entered into a written agreement with the defendant and two other railroad *7companies for the transportation of a circus outfit, of which she was the owner, from New York city to Burlington, Vt. The outfit consisted of " show material, show animals, apparatus and paraphernalia, and persons in charge thereof, employees and performers, and their respective personal baggage, in cars to be furnished, loaded and unloaded by and at the expense ” of the plaintiff. The total equipment, however, was not to exceed eleven flat cars, two box cars and one passenger…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Santa Fe, Prescott & Phœnix Railway Co. v. Grant Bros. Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Coup v. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1885
- Robertson v. Old Colony RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Willcox v. Erie RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
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- McKeon v. New York New Haven & Hartford RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917