Clay v. New York Central Railroad

A car of live poultry was shipped from London, Ont., to New York city, stop off at Buffalo, on December 27, 1924. *510This car reached Buffalo on Sunday, December twenty-eighth. There the shipper, Will & Zaephel, sold the poultry to these plaintiffs and the car was reconsigned to plaintiffs at Schenectady, N. Y., under the initial bill of lading. On the morning of December thirtieth, “ around 7 or 8 o’clock,” plaintiffs received notice that the car had reached Schenectady. It had been reconsigned to Schenectady about noon December twenty-eighth. Mr. Bliss, one of the plaintiffs, does not remember…