Fein v. Weir
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Levi 0. Weir, as president, etc., from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 26tli day of March, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 25th day of March, 1908, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes in an action to recover damages for conversion by the defendant of certain…
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Appeal by the defendant, Levi 0. Weir, as president, etc., from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 26tli day of March, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 25th day of March, 1908, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes in an action to recover damages for conversion by the defendant of certain goods delivered to it as a common carrier.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J.:
Plaintiffs are manufacturers of clothing. On the 7th of February, 1907, they made up five packages containing suits and jackets addressed to five different consignees, two at ¡Nashville, Tenn.; one at Baltimore, ¡M¡d.; one at Canton, Ohio, and one at ¡Newark, ¡N". J. •The value of the goods so packed was $728, and the value of each package was over $50. These goods were made to order according to sample and according to number. The testimony is: “ The orders for the goods which are shipped to the respective people, contained in the packages which are the subject-matter of this…
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