Williams v. Central Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 28th day of May, 1903, upon the verdict of a jury for $849.35, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 22d day of May, 1903, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
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Appeal by the defendant, the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 28th day of May, 1903, upon the verdict of a jury for $849.35, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 22d day of May, 1903, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. The statute of the State of New Jersey referred to in the opinion reads as follows: “ Any railroad company of this State may, by giving notice to any person or persons offering goods,…
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J.:
The action is by the assignee of a passenger against a railroad company for the negligent loss of a trunk. The defendant conceded that it received the trunk at its- station in New York city from an expressman. The assignor of the plaintiff subsequently went to the station, bought a ticket on the defendant’s railway for her carriage to Roselle, N. J., then went-to the baggage room, showed her ticket with the express check to the baggage master and asked that her trunk.be checked to her journey’s end. Neither the baggage master nor the passenger could find the trunk. The passenger,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Burnell v. . the New York Central R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Rawson v. . Pennsylvania Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Curtis v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- O'Flaherty v. Nassau Electric RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- O'Flaherty v. . Nassau Electric Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
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