Browning v. Long Island Railroad
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal by the defendants from a judgment of the Marine Court at general term. This action was brought to recover the value of certain goods transported by the defendants. On the 25th day of August, 1864, the plaintiffs shipped by the defendants’ road one case of clothing directed to “ C. W. Oollyer, Hicksville,” which was delivered, with other goods, by the defendants’ servant upon the platform at Hicksville, on the 27th day of August, in good order and condition.
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Appeal by the defendants from a judgment of the Marine Court at general term. This action was brought to recover the value of certain goods transported by the defendants. On the 25th day of August, 1864, the plaintiffs shipped by the defendants’ road one case of clothing directed to “ C. W. Oollyer, Hicksville,” which was delivered, with other goods, by the defendants’ servant upon the platform at Hicksville, on the 27th day of August, in good order and condition. The defendants did not notify Collyer of the arrival of the goods; but he was informed by his brother that they were at the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.—Daly, F. J.
The plaintiffs delivered to an agent of the defendants a box containing materials cut, with the trimmings, for the making of army clothing, marked “ 0. W. Collyer, Hicksville.” Hicksville is one of the regular stations upon the defendants’ road. It contains a store and a blacksmith’s shop, close to the railroad track, with a number of private houses and stores about it. The defendants had had there a freight house, a ticket office, and station house, all of which had been destroyed by fire a short time before this box was received for transportation. The freight house…
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