Haddad v. Hartford & New York Transportation Co.

This case has been certified to this court by the Superior Court upon an agreed statement of facts, as follows:

The plaintiff, at the time of the bringing of the above action at law, was engaged in the business of selling from city to city, various articles, including lace and silk goods.

The defendant at the time aforesaid was engaged in the business of a Common carrier by water and in transporting for hire, freight and passengers from the City of New York, New York, to the City of Providence, Rhode Island.

On June 1, 1913, at said City of New York the plaintiff purchased of the defendant a…