Myerson v. Woolverton
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from ninth district court. Action by Emanuel Myerson against William H. Woolverton, as president of the Hew York Transfer Company, for loss of baggage. Prom a judgment rendered by the justice, without a jury, in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBischoff, J.
The action was brought to recover the value of certain articles alleged to have been lost from the plaintiff’s valise when in the custody of the Hew York Transfer Company,— an association of which the defendant was president,—under a contract for the transportation of the said piece of baggage from the terminus of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to the plaintiff’s place of residence, in the city of Hew York. Plaintiff proved the delivery of the valise and contents, intact, to the railroad company, at Portland, Or.; that the baggage check issued to him by the railroad company for the same…
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