Legal Opinion
W. R. Grace & Co. v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 15, 1959PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
Plaintiff appeals from so much of a judgment entered January 7, 1959, after trial, as limited plaintiff’s recovery to $50 and awarded costs to defendant..
Briefly the undisputed facts are that the defendant, by one of its drivers, on December 20, 1955, at the vaults of the Chase Manhattan Bank, 535 Fifth Avenue, New York City, picked up a shipment of crude platinum in a box weighing approximately 50 pounds directed to Bishop & Co., Málveme, Pa. There was no wax or lead seal on the outside of the box as required for *427precious metals. Neither the full value nor the identity of the contents was…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Adams Express Company v. CroningerSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. International Coal Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Union Pacific Railroad v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- American Railway Express Co. v. LindenburgSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Pennsylvania R.R. Co. v. . TitusNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Jacobs v. Metropolitan Transp. Auth.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2020