Corser v. Russell
New York Supreme Court
Appeal by the defendants from a° judgment entered upon a verdict, and from an order denying a new trial. Susan E. Corser brought this action against Horace Bus-sell and Theodore Houston, as receivers of the Hew York, West Shore and Buffalo Baihvay Company to recover damages for the loss of a trunk and contents which were alleged to have been delivered by her as a passenger upon the railway to the defendants, as receivers, for safe-keeping.
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Appeal by the defendants from a° judgment entered upon a verdict, and from an order denying a new trial. Susan E. Corser brought this action against Horace Bus-sell and Theodore Houston, as receivers of the Hew York, West Shore and Buffalo Baihvay Company to recover damages for the loss of a trunk and contents which were alleged to have been delivered by her as a passenger upon the railway to the defendants, as receivers, for safe-keeping. The receivers were appointed by the court June 9, 1884; the trunk was delivered to them Hovember 25, 1885 ; and the station where the trunk was stored by…
1Opinion of the CourtBrady, J.
This action was brought to recover damages sustained by the destruction of the plaintiff’s trunk and contents by fire while-in the custody, as alleged, of the defendants as receivers. .It was not set up as a defense that prior to the Ere they had been deposed or ceased to be receivers, but on the trial they offered to prove that Abram
5. Cassidy, as referee appointed by this court, by deed executed December 5, 1885, conveyed to J. Pierpont Mor*318gan and others, all the right of the defendants as receivers, and all property, real, personal, and mixed, held for or in connection with the…
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2Cited by2 opinions
- Domschke v. Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co.New York Supreme Court · 1893
- Larsen v. United States Mortgage & Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905