Reed v. Fargo
New York Supreme Court
Appeal by defendant from the judgment of the county court of Seneca county, affirming a judgment of a justice of the peace, recovered for damages for breaking a sewing machine, which the defendant had contracted to transport from Waterloo, N. Y., to Auburn, N. Y.
1Opinion of the CourtMacomber, J.
The machine in question was for sewing heavy leather which was used by the plaintiffs in their manufacture of neck yokes. The plaintiffs had obtained the same at Auburn a few months preceding the time in question, and it was transported to them by the defendant. The defendant’s agents at Waterloo being notified that it was the purpose of the plaintiff to return the machine to Auburn, sent to the shop and took it to the railway station. It was mounted on an iron table having four legs, three and a half feet high, the whole of which weighed about 200 pounds. At the station the machine was…
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Blossom v. . DoddNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
- Magnin v. . DinsmoreNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Steers v. Liverpool, New York & Philadelphia Steamship Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Jennings v. Grand Trunk RailwayNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Madan v. . SherardNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
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