Rezsek v. Southern Pacific Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, sixth district, entered in favor of the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
The plaintiff herein shipped on the 24th day of November, 1917, sixty-one barrels of wine to New York from Colma, Cal. They were delivered to the plaintiff at New York on the 2d day of January, 1918. The wine was frozen and as a result eighteen barrels were burst and the alcoholic content of the wine in these barrels had apparently leaked out, rendering the wine valueless. The plaintiff thereupon brought this action, alleging in his complaint that the defendant unreasonably delayed the transportation of the wine, and as a result of such delay the wine became valueless. It was shown at the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hadba v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918