Magnin v. Dinsmore
The Superior Court of New York City
The action was brought by the plaintiffs who compose the firm, VVe J. Magnin, Gruedin & Go., against the Adams Express Company, to recover the value of a package entrusted to its care, for transportation to Memphis, Tennessee, and alleged not to have been delivered there to the consignees thereof.
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The action was brought by the plaintiffs who compose the firm, VVe J. Magnin, Gruedin & Go., against the Adams Express Company, to recover the value of a package entrusted to its care, for transportation to Memphis, Tennessee, and alleged not to have been delivered there to the consignees thereof. The jury, under the charge of the court, found a verdict for the plaintiffs for the full value of the package, with interest, amounting to two thousand eighj: hundred and thirteen dollars and ninety-six cents, and judgment was entered thereon. The defendants appeal from the judgment and the order…
1Opinion of the CourtSpeir, J.
This case has been tried four times. It has been carried to the court of appeals three times, and we. are now again called upon to review the questions arising on the fourth trial.
The history of the case, and the several stages of judicial investigations it has passed through, may be found recorded in 3 Jones & Spencer's R. 182; 53 N. Y. 652; 56 Id. 168 ; 6 Jones & Spencer, 248 ; and 62 N. Y.
It is not necessary, nor will it serve any good purpose, to review the foregoing decisions, as they may be easily referred to, and are not now important further, than to briefly state the result of the…
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- Magnin v. DinsmoreThe Superior Court of New York City · 1874