Legal Opinion
Nealon v. Grand Trunk Railway of Canada
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 15, 1886Published
Appeal from an order oftbe Erie special term denying defendant’s motion for a new trial on a case.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, P. J.
The complaint alleges, in substance, that the defendant is a railroad corporation engaged as a common carrier in the transportation ■ of passengers and their baggage, for *257hire, over its railway from Toronto to Buffalo; that about the-6th of May, 1884, it received into its cars the plaintiff and his wife and their trunk containing wearing apparel, etc., to be carried from Toronto to Buffalo; and that by the negligence of the defendant and its servants, the trunk with its contents, “was' lost.
The plaintiff testified that on 6th of May,' 1884, he presented said trunk at defendant’s baggage room…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- McKecknie v. . WardNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Isaacson v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Weeks v. . N.Y., N.H. and H.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1878