Sabin v. Weir
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Twelfth District. Action by Cora H. Sabin against Levi C. AVeir, as president of the Adams Express Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Per curiam
The plaintiff shipped goods by the defendant company, a-common carrier, from AVashington to New York. In some unexplained way a portion was lost. The plaintiff recovered judgment for $325 damages, besides costs. Defendant challenges the judgment upon the ground that the goods were received by the defendant for shipment under a special contract limiting the defendant’s liability to an agreed valuation of $50. AVe think the evidence is insufficient to show that the minds of the parties met and a contract fixing the valuation at $50 was actually made. The facts are quite different from the case…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hart v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Bernstein v. WeirAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1903
- Woolsey v. Long Island RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905