Woolsey v. Long Island Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
•" Appeal -by the defendant, The Long Island Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York in favor of the plaintiff, entered on the 2d day of November, 190-1-.
1Opinion of the Court
Rich, J.:
The recovery by the plaintiff was for damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of the loss of a dress suit case and its contents, which were delivered by a servant to the Long Island Express Company, a department of the defendant company, from a residence in Flushing, L. I., where the plaintiff had been visiting, for shipment and delivery to the plaintiff in New York city. The driver of defendant company to whom the suit case was delivered left a receipt for the same with the servant, incorporating therein the name of the plaintiff and his address, and he testified on the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Springer v. . WestcottNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Strong v. Long Island RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Sabin v. WeirAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1906
- Shwartz v. FargoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911