Reed v. . United States Express Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fifth judicial district, setting aside a verdict in favor of plaintiff and ordering a new trial. This action was brought to recover damages for an alleged breach of an agreement to transmit a package of currency from Chicago to the Bank of Dalton, Georgia, for redemption, and to return the proceeds.
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Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fifth judicial district, setting aside a verdict in favor of plaintiff and ordering a new trial. This action was brought to recover damages for an alleged breach of an agreement to transmit a package of currency from Chicago to the Bank of Dalton, Georgia, for redemption, and to return the proceeds. Plaintiff delivered to the defendant’s money-receiving clerk, at its office in Chicago, a package containing $904 in the bills of the Planters’ and Mechanics’ Bank of Dalton, Georgia, saying that he wished it sent to the bank for…
1Opinion of the Court
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[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] That the defendant's route from Chicago in the direction of Dalton, Ga., terminated at the city of New York, was an undisputed fact, and if it had been necessary to prove that the plaintiff, at the time of leaving his package with the defendant, knew that fact, and that the defendant had no interest in or control over any route…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Barker v. . the New York Central Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
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- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. BryantIndiana Court of Appeals · 1905
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- Walter v. FargoAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1900