Lawrence v. New York, Providence & Boston Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Case, against the defendants as common carriers, for negligence in the transportation of goods sent by the plaintiffs ; brought to the Superior Court in New London county, and tried to the jury on the general issue, before Minor, J. On the trial it appeared that on the 28th and 29th days of December, 1865, and for several years preceding, the Boston & Providence Railroad Company were common carriers of freight and passengers by railroad between Boston and Providence, that…
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Case, against the defendants as common carriers, for negligence in the transportation of goods sent by the plaintiffs ; brought to the Superior Court in New London county, and tried to the jury on the general issue, before Minor, J. On the trial it appeared that on the 28th and 29th days of December, 1865, and for several years preceding, the Boston & Providence Railroad Company were common carriers of freight and passengers by railroad between Boston and Providence, that the defendants, the New York, Providence & Boston Railroad Company, were common carriers of freight and passengers, by…
1Opinion of the CourtHinman, C. J.
The plaintiffs’ goods, shipped at Boston to be transported to New York, were consumed by the burning of the defendants’ depot at Groton, on the night of the 28tli of December, 1865. The defendants, together with the Boston & Providence Railroad Company, and the owners of certain steamboats running from Groton to New York, had for several years constituted a through line between Boston and New York for the transportation of passengers and freight; and the plaintiffs had frequently sent freight from Boston to New York by this line, taking, on shipping the goods at Boston, a bill of lading such…
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