Greene v. New York Cent. R. Co

Appellants and their subrogated insurer sued the New York Central Railroad Company, asking damages for alleged negligence resulting in the loss of two traveling bags, containing furs and jewelry of a stipulated value of $52,701. The loss occurred on appellee’s train, bound from Chicago to Detroit. In the claim which appellants made to their insurance company for the loss, it was stated that the luggage was stolen from the train on which appellant Manola H. Greene was traveling, after it had been removed from her stateroom by the porter, with her consent, and stacked on the vestibule platform…