Legal Opinion
Lefcort v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.
City of New York Municipal Court
Decided February 28, 1935Published
1Opinion of the CourtGenung, J.
This case was tried on stipulated facts.
The plaintiffs are wholesale merchants in men’s and boys’ suits and overcoats. The defendant is a common carrier of goods for *631hire in interstate commerce and is subject to the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended (U. S. Code, tit. 49, § 20, [1]).
On November 9 and 11, 1929, the plaintiffs delivered to the defendant at New York city two shipments of merchandise of the value of $703 for transportation and delivery to Gross & Gross at South Bend, Ind. On November 14, 1929, the defendant delivered the shipments to one J. Rein, who was neither the consignee…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. CarlSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Southern Railway Co. v. PrescottSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad v. Peninsula Produce ExchangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Burke v. . Union Pacific R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1919
- O. K. Display Fixture Co. v. American Railway Express Co.City of New York Municipal Court · 1923