Valk v. Erie Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs, Edward Yalk and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered m the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 12th day of May, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from- an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 26th day of May, 1908, denying the plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. ,
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is an action by the consignees of goods against a common carrier for the destruction of the goods by fire while in transit. *447The property in question consisted of 100 tierces of grease. It was consumed by fire during the night of the 8th of December, 1905, while in the warehouse of the defendant on the dock at Buffalo where it had been unloaded ten days before from the defendant’s steamer Rochester by which it had been transported from Chicago to Buffalo under a through bill of lading for Hew York.
The defendant owns and operates a railroad from the city of Buffalo to the city…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Liverpool & Great Western Steam Co. v. Phenix InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Union National Bank of Chicago v. ChapmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Dyke v. Erie Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Curtis v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Illinois Central Railroad v. BeebeIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
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