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Williams v. Webb

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

Decided May 15, 1899PublishedCited by 5 opinions

. Appeal from a determination of the General Term of the City Court of the City of Hew York, reversing a judgment in favor of •the plaintiff, rendered at the Trial Term on the verdict of a jury, and dismissing the complaint.

1Opinion of the CourtLeventritt, J.

In the fall of 1894, Richard W. Bates, plaintiff’s assignor, who'had theretofore carried on business as an architect and interior ‘decorator in the city, of Chicago, decided to transfer his business and residence to the city of Boston.: After 'consummating his arrangements he proceeded to Detroit, where he purchased from the Michigan Central Railway Company a ticket to Hew York, and from the defendant company a ticket,. entitling him to a berth on the sleeper. “ Waterford.” Prior to his departure from Chicago he drew, from the bank his balance of $1,250, receiving two $500-bills, two…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Benedict v. . ArnouxNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
  2. Merrill v. . GrinnellNew York Court of Appeals · 1864
  3. Lewis v. New York Sleeping Car Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
  4. Carpenter v. . N.Y., N.H. H.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1891
  5. Woodruff Sleeping & Parlor Coach Co. v. DiehlIndiana Supreme Court · 1882

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Sherman v. Pullman Co.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1913
  2. Arthur v. Pullman Co.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1904
  3. Goldstein v. Pullman Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
  4. Irving v. Pullman Co.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1903
  5. Van Dike v. Pullman Co.City of New York Municipal Court · 1932

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