Giblin v. National Steamship Co.
The Superior Court of the City of New York and Buffalo
Appeal from jury term. Action by Frederick G-iblin against the National Steamship Company, Limited, to recover damages for the loss of a horse delivered to defendant for transportation. Prom a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of plaintiff, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendant appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtGildersleeve, J.
The assignors of the plaintiff purchased 10 horses in Yorkshire, England, and entered into a contract with the defendant—a foreign corporation engaged in the business of transporting passengers and freight between Great Britain and the. United States—whereby defendant agreed to carry the horses from *70Liverpool, by the steamship Queen, to the city of New York. In loading the horses upon the steamship at Liverpool, one of the horses fell overboard, and was drowned. This action is to recover the value of the horse thus lost, together with £10 which had been paid for freight thereon by the…
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- Evans v. Fitchburg RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
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- McLean v. St. Paul & Chicago Railway Co.New York Court of Common Pleas · 1886