Legal Opinion
Barnet v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 8, 1918PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On March 26, 1913, the plaintiffs shipped a carload of goods over the defendant's road from Rensselaer, New York, to a point in Maine. On the next morning this car was carried to the defendant's freight yard at Troy, New York, and left there on a switch track near a car containing unslacked lime. These yards were situated on the bank of the Hudson river. On the night of the 26th the water of the river had begun to rise. This rise was rapid, amounting to a fifth of a foot an hour until noon of the 27th, at which time it must have reached the tracks. Thereafter it continued to rise at the rate…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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3Cited by14 opinions
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