Knapp v. Wells, Fargo & Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Emily Knapp, from an order of the County Court of Broome county, entered in the office of the clerk of said county on the 18th day of March, 1909, setting aside the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiff for $378.33 and granting a new trial unless she should stipulate to reduce the verdict to fifty dollars.
1Opinion of the Court
Cochrane, J.:
The defendant is an express company and a common carrier of goods for hire. Plaintiff, who was temporarily sojourning at the *713Fifth Avenue Hotel in the city of Hew York, went to the defendant’s office in that city and left an order for the defendant to procure a dress suit case with its contents at the hotel on the following day and transport it to Hackensack in the State of Hew Jersey. She told the clerk of the defendant that the suit case would be in her room at the hotel; that the room would be open;' that she would not be there; and gave the number of the room. She…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Mills v. WeirAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Addoms v. WeirAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1907
- Hoffman v. Metropolitan Express Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
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- Porteous v. Adams Express Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
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- Westerfield v. Fargo, New York County Courts1913
- Barter v. BarrettAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
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