Liman v. Pennsylvania Railroad
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from sixth district court. Action by George Liman against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for breach of a contract to deliver a railroad ticket to plaintiff’s employe. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBischoff, J.
On the trial it appeared that one John Rauth, a museum freak, known as the “Longest-Headed Man in the World,” was under contract with plaintiff to exhibit himself under plaintiff’s direction for the agreed compensation of $45 per week, besides traveling expenses, and that plaintiff was under a further contract with Kohl & Middleton to exhibit Rauth at their museum in Chicago for the two weeks commencing January 9, 1893, in consideration of the sum of $75 for each week which Kohl & Middleton liad promised to pay. Tt further appeared that on January 5, 1893, Rauth was in Johnstown, Pa,, and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Booth v. . Spuyten Duyvil Rolling Mill Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Colrick v. . SwinburneNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Rittenhouse v. . Independent Line of TelegraphNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
- Sprague v. Western Union Telegraph Co.New York Court of Common Pleas · 1875
- Eagle Tube Co. v. Edward Barr Co.New York Court of Common Pleas · 1890