Waldron v. . Willard
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, at general term in the sixth district, affirming a judgment rendered upon the nonsuiting of the plaintiff, by Mr. Justice Mason, at the Chenango circuit. The facts sufficiently appear in the following opinion. The cause was submitted to this court on printed arguments.
1Opinion of the CourtHarris, J.
On the 22d day of April, 1851, the firm of Bowen & Waldron, in pursuance of a previous agreement made with the agent of The Chenango Lake Boat Line,' of which the defendants were proprietors, shipped, at the city of New-York, upon a boat running in that line, goods of the value of $1,000. These goods were to be delivered at Sherburne, in the county of Chenango. On the following day, the boat, while on its passage up the Hudson river, was sunk. Fifty-five days afterwards, it was raised, and the agent of the line took possession of all the goods on board, and had them sold at auction for- the…
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