Hopkins v. Westcott
District Court, S.D. New York
This was an action at law [by Archibald Hopkins against Alexander F. Westcott and others], tried before the court without a jury. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
SHIPMAN, District Judge.
The defendants constitute the Westcott Express Company, and are carriers, for the public, of freight and baggage, for hire, to and from •any points in the city of New York. On the 1st of October, 1866, the plaintiff passed from his home in Massachusetts, over the Hudson River Railroad, to the city of New York, together with his trunk, for which he received the usual metallic, check, Which, on his arrival at New York, he delivered to the defendants, to enable them to obtain the' trunk at the depot, and deliver the same at his residence in the city, no rate of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Livingston v. MayorCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1831
3Cited by9 opinions
- Bank of Kentucky v. Adams Express Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Gleason v. Goodrich Transportation Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1873
- Runyan v. Central RailroadSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1898
- The HadjiDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1883
- Wood v. Cunard S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1911
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