Merrill v. . Grinnell
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal by the plaintiff from an order of the Supreme Court awarding a new trial, where judgment had been given against the defendants on the report of a referee.
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Appeal by the plaintiff from an order of the Supreme Court awarding a new trial, where judgment had been given against the defendants on the report of a referee. The action was brought to recover the value of a trunk ;and its contents, consisting of Clothing, money and some other things, which it was alleged one Eugene Strachwitz delivered to the defendants, as common carriers, on the high seas between Liverpool and New York, on board their ship Liverpool, to be carried from the city of Liverpool to New York, for a reasonable compensation; which duty, it was alleged, they neglected to…
1Opinion of the Court
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[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The case is presented by the record in a form which requires us to review the conclusions of fact as well as the determination of matters of law. The questions are therefore substantially the same as those which would arise upon a motion to set aside a verdict or report, as being against the weight of evidence and against law.
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