Legal Opinion
Goodfield v. Platt
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided June 29, 1911Published
Appeal from City Court of New York, Trial Term. Action by Charles H. Goodfield and another against Edward T. Platt, as Treasurer of the United States Express Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBijur, J.
Plaintiffs shipped a mandrel of greater value than $50 by defendant express company. A stipulation in the case reads:
“On the 11th day of November, 1907, pursuant to the terms of an agreement in writing, then and there entered into by and between the respective parties to this action, a certain mandrel was delivered to the defendant. * * * ”
*181The mandrel was addressed to a destination in New Jersey, but was not delivered till over a month later. Plaintiff was allowed to prove loss of profits upon contracts for goods which were to have been made upon a machine of which the mandrel was an…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Witherbee v. . MeyerNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Greenwald v. . BarrettNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
- Gardiner v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1911
- Jonasson v. WeirAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
- Brown v. WeirAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
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