Rowland v. the New York, New Hayen & Hartford Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for the recovery of personal property; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before F. B. Hall, J. Verdict for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff for error in the charge of the court. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtTorrance, J.
On the 14th of August, 1889, the plaintiff, at the defendant’s freight office in Waterbury, asked the freight cashier what the rate of freight was from Waterbury to Branford, on certain described .goods. At that time such rate had been fixed and established by the defendant, and published in a book and tariff-sheet, which then hung in the office, for the information of shippers and convenient for their use. The defendant’s employees had no authority to give any other rates for carrying freight than those contained in this book and tariff-sheet, and had no means of knowing the rates except by…
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