New York & Porto Rico S. S. Co. v. Guanica Centrale
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Action by the Guanica Céntrale against the New York & Porto Rico Steamship Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
This action has been brought to recover damages in the sum of $35,023.41 because of the failure of the plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, to perform its contract as a common carrier and safely transport from New Orleans, La., to Guanica, Porto Rico, and there deliver to defendant in error, hereinafter called plaintiff, certain merchandise.- The merchandise consisted of 5,373 bags of fertilizer known as sulphate of ammonia, together with two parcels of other freight. The plaintiff obtained a verdict in its favor and judgment was entered in the sum of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Nolan v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1885
- Cohn v. The BohemiaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1889
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