Legal Opinion

McKeon v. New York New Haven & Hartford Railroad

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 5, 1917Published

Submission of a controversy upon an agreed statement of facts pursuant to section 1219 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

1Opinion of the Court

Scott, J.:

Plaintiff during the theatrical season of 1913-1914 was the business manager of a theatrical company and in that capacity had certain negotiations leading up to a contract with defendant for the transportation of said company and its effects from New York to Boston. The final contract was evidenced by certain documents. One was a letter addressed to plaintiff by defendant’s general passenger agent stating that arrangements for moving the company, “numbering twenty-five people and requiring two sixty-foot baggage cars for their effects will be made subject to conditions specified in…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Rathbone v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1893
  2. Hachadoorian v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
  3. Ferrari v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914

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