Laporte v. Wells, Fargo & Company's Express
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Wells, Fargo and Company’s Express, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 23d day of April, 1897, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 23d day of April, 1897, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Van Brunt, P. J.:
This action was brought against a common carrier for damages arising from the non-delivery of goods. The facts appearing upon the trial were that on Saturday, ■ the 2d of February, 1895, the plaintiff, at the city of New York, delivered to the defendant a box containing watches and other jewelry of the value of $250, to be carried to New Durham, New Jersey, arid delivered to one J. McGrath. The box was received! at New Durham on the same day at four-thirty p. m. by the agent of the express company at New Durham, who took the box off the train. New Durham was a small place of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Fisk v. NewtonCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
- Northrop v. Syracuse, &c. RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1867
3Cited by8 opinions
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- Bacharach v. Lehigh Valley RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
- Graves v. Fitchburg RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- American Railway Express Co. v. RhodyIndiana Court of Appeals · 1924
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