Crawford v. General Storage & Transfer Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, First District. Action by Hannah Crawford against General Storage & Transfer Company. From a Municipal Court judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
Plaintiff is engaged in the business of trucking. She claims that she stored her wagon and goods in defendant’s livery stable for compensation, and that some of the goods were lost through defendant’s negligence. The testimony produced by the plaintiff is so vague that no possible inference can be drawn from it that the goods were intrusted to the defendant as bailee for hire, or that they were lost through defendant’s negligence. In fact, except for the allegations in the complaint, it would be impossible even to guess what the claim of the plaintiff is based upon.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Bowen v. FarleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- Aetna Line Insurance v. Duparquet, Huot & Moneuse Co.New York Supreme Court · 1907
- Keuthen v. StacheAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907