Legal Opinion

Downing v. Outerbridge

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided April 8, 1897PublishedCited by 8 opinions

In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Hew York. . This case comes here on writ of error to review a judgment of the circuit court, Southern district of Hew York, entered upon a verdict • for $1,535 in favor of defendant in error, who was plaintiff below. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, in the year 1895, was. a producer and shipper of lilies in the Island of Bermuda. Defendants carried on an express business between Bermuda and Hew York, and also sold lilies in this country. In the winter of 1895 plaintiff made contracts with tourists in the Island of Bermuda to sell them boxes of cut flowers to be delivered in various parts of the United States at Easter. The goods were- to be delivered in time for Easter decorations. They were to be “delivered at the door” of the respective purchasers. Some time before Easter, defendants, by their agent in…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Green v. LaClairSupreme Court of Vermont · 1915
  2. The St. Johns N. F.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1922
  3. The Cabo VillanoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1927
  4. Blackmer v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1903
  5. Roth Coal Co. v. Louisville & N. R.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1919

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