Legal Opinion
Westerfield v. Fargo
New York County Courts
Decided March 15, 1913PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from a judgment of a justice’s court rendered in favor of defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCauley, J.
The defendant has appealed to this court from a judgment which the plaintiff recovered against it in a justice’s court for damages for the loss or nondelivery of an express package. The trial was without a jury. The package was delivered to the defendant, which is a common carrier of goods for hire, at West Nyack, in this county, on the 25th day of September, 1911, for transportation to Pittsfield, Mass. It contained paper shakers which the plaintiff had purchased at Boston for the purpose of sale at retail at a county fair held at Great Barrington. The defendant, at the hands of its agent,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Griffin v. . ColverNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
- 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
- Blanchard v. ElyNew York Supreme Court · 1839
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Krauss Bros. Lumber Co. v. Dampski Skibsselskabet Norden AktieselskabDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1933