Atlantic Mutual Insurance v. McLoon

By the Court, Leonard, P. J.

This action is for the recovery of damages for the loss by negligence of goods which the defendant undertook, .as a common carrier, to convey from Boston to Hong’ Kong, .China.

The plaintiffs obtained an attachment against the- defendant, under section 227 of the Code of Procedure, alleging him to be a non-resident of the .state of Hew York, and that he is indebted to the plaintiffs in the sum of $13,000. The goods so lost- are not stated in the affidavit upon which the warrant of attachment was obtained to be of any certain or definite value. It is stated therein…