Dillon v. New York & Erie Railroad
New York Court of Common Pleas
^¿jppeal by defendants from a judgment of tbe Marine Court. The action was brought by tbe plaintiff as assignor of one Nicholas A. Knox, to recover damages against the defendants as common earners, for the loss of merchandise, consisting of two half pipes of brandy, delivered to the defendants for transportation, directed to St. Paul, Minnesota. The goods were safely carried by tbe defendants to Dunkirk, the terminus of their road.
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^¿jppeal by defendants from a judgment of tbe Marine Court. The action was brought by tbe plaintiff as assignor of one Nicholas A. Knox, to recover damages against the defendants as common earners, for the loss of merchandise, consisting of two half pipes of brandy, delivered to the defendants for transportation, directed to St. Paul, Minnesota. The goods were safely carried by tbe defendants to Dunkirk, the terminus of their road. They were there delivered to a transportation line connected with the defendants’ road, and engaged in transporting merchandise from Dunkirk towards St. Paul. They…
1Opinion of the Court
Daly, J. —
This was an action to recover the value of two *233half pipes of brandy. They were delivered to tbe defendants, wbo gave a receipt for them in these words:
“New York, 13tk April, 1854. Eeceived of James Auchin-closs, in good order, per New York and Erie Eailroad, two half pipes of brandy, marked Nicholas A. Knox, St. Paul, Minnesota Terr. Oare B. H. Campbell, Galena, Ills.”
Knox, the oiyner of the brandy, directed it to be shipped according to the receipt. Before shipping it, he asked the general freight agent of the defendants, if it was necessary to have an agent at the terminus of…
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