G. S. Roth Clothing Co. v. Maine Steamship Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendant from a. judgment in favor of the plaintiff, rendered in the Municipal Court of the city of New York, third district, borough of Manhattan.
1Opinion of the CourtMacLean, J.
As appears, by • its receipts, the defendant received from the plaintiff, on September 15, 1902, a package of clothing, marked “ The Colebrook Clothing Co., Colebrook, N. H.” The first plaintiff heard of it again, testified to by its assistant secretary and bookkeeper, was through a postal, dated and postmarked February 16, 1903, advising of the receipt by the defendant at its pier of “ 1 case clothing,” consigned to the plaintiff. Upon personal inquiry at the pier, the same witness found that the case contained the missing goods, which he was told they had had a long time, since September,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ward v. New York Central RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Solomon v. Philadelphia & New York Express Steamboat Co.New York Court of Common Pleas · 1867
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