Grieve v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Alexander Grieve, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Ontario Trial Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Ontario on the 25th day of January, 1897, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Green, J.:
On January 31, 1894, plaintiff purchased and shipped from Buffalo twenty-five tierces of lard, which were consigned to him at Canandaigua. The lard was shipped over the road of defendant. It was received at Canandaigua February second and placed in defendant’s freight house on the next day. The plaintiff was duly notified of its arrival, but neglected to obtain the same, and it remained in the storehouse until between half-past twelve and one o’clock of February 23-24, 1894, when it, with the freight house of defendant, was consumed by fire. This action was instituted to-recover the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Liberty Insurance v. Central Vermont RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Storm v. Pennsylvania RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1961
- Dobson v. Central Railroad Co., of New JerseyNew York Supreme Court · 1902