Levett v. Draper
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from a judgment and also an appeal from an order of the City Court of the city of New York, denying plaintiff’s motion to be relieved from the effect of a stipulation signed by her attorneys and to permit the parties to offer evidence on the points covered by such stipulation.
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
The plaintiff herein has recovered a. judgment for the sum of $1,000, the value of a trunk which was lost while in the defendant’s custody! It appears that the plaintiff was a passenger on the *499Pennsylvania railroad, and that upon her arrival in this city she delivered to the defendant the check for her trunk which had been transported with her by the railroad company, and at the same time directed the defendant to carry the trunk to her home address. The plaintiff was not at that time questioned as to the value of the baggage and did not voluntarily make any statement of such value to the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Boston & Maine Railroad v. HookerSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Gardiner v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1911
- Robinson v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
- Robinson v. . the New York Central Hudson River Rd. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1911
3Cited by1 opinion
- Levett v. DraperCity of New York Municipal Court · 1919