American Silk Dyeing v. Fuller's Express Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Bergen, J.

The defendant corporation was, at the time of the happening of the events upon which plaintiff bases its action, engaged in the business of transporting merchandise for hire. Its method of business was to receive goods in its wagons in Paterson and deliver them to a railroad company in that city consigned to defendant in Jersey City, at which point they were taken by defendant and delivered by its wagons in New York City either to the original consignee, or to another common carrier if the ultimate destination of the goods required it,…