Brown v. Weir
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Levi G. Weir, as President of the-Adams Express Company, from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Queens, in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of said court on the 21st day-of January, 1904.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The plaintiff in this action is an actress. On the 20th day of' October, 1902, she consigned to herself at Brown’s Point, Astoria,, through the defendant, a trunk containing her theatrical wardrobe. The facts are all stipulated, and there is no suggestion that the defendant had any notice of the contents of this trunk, or of its probable importance to the plaintiff, except that it was delivered into the possession of the defendant at a theatre or music hall in the city of Baltimore, which might, in an action to recover the value of the wardrobe, be of importance as tending to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Primrose v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Hamilton v. . McPhersonNew York Court of Appeals · 1863
- Baldwin v. . the United States Telegraph Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Faulkner v. . HartNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Sherman v. . Hudson River Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1876
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- Rives v. American Railway Express Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1929
- Bridge v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1914
- Westerfield v. Fargo, New York County Courts1913
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