Willcox v. Erie Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Erie Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Mew York on the 15th day of August, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury for $2,500.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J.:
Plaintiff, who is a resident of Pine Island, N. Y., owning and running a dairy there, was at Chicago and had twenty-three head of cattle which he desired to ship to his home. At *95Chicago, under date of June 1, 1911, he entered into á written agreement, designated as the “uniform live stock contract,” with the Erie Railroad Company, by its duly accredited agent, to transport said cattle, of the weight stated, upon a described car, “for transportation from U. S. Yards, Chicago, 111., to destination, if on the said carrier’s line of railroad, otherwise to the place where said live…
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