Bank of Orange v. Brown
New York Supreme Court
Demurrer to plea in abatement. The declaration contains nine counts. The first count states that the defendants were the owners of a certain vessel or steam-boat called the Constellation, whereof R. G. Cruttenden was master, used and navigated upon the Hudson river, between the cities of New-York and Albany, for the conveyance and transportation of goods and chattels for hire and reward, touching on her passages up and down the river at the village of Newburgh, for the…
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Demurrer to plea in abatement. The declaration contains nine counts. The first count states that the defendants were the owners of a certain vessel or steam-boat called the Constellation, whereof R. G. Cruttenden was master, used and navigated upon the Hudson river, between the cities of New-York and Albany, for the conveyance and transportation of goods and chattels for hire and reward, touching on her passages up and down the river at the village of Newburgh, for the landing and delivery of freight, goods and chattels ; that the plaintiffs, to wit, the president, directors and company of…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Savage, Ch. J.
This is an action on the case against six defendants as common carriers, alleged to be the owners of the steamboat Constellation, charged in the first eight counts of the declaration with having received bank bills to a large amount for transportation from the city of New-York to the village of Newburgh, which it is averred were lost through the want of due care, and by the negligent and improper conduct of the defendants and their servants. The ninth count is in trover, to which the defendants have pleaded the general issue. To the first eight counts they have…
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