Legal Opinion
Collender v. . Dinsmore
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 9, 1873PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The counsel for the respondent is entirely right in his claim that the receipt of the express company, given to the consignor of the goods at the time of their receipt for transportation, is the contract by which the rights and obligations of the parties must be determined, and that, in the absence of fraud or mistake, the terms of the contract cannot be varied by parol or other extrinsic evidence, or by evidence of prior negotiations which were merged in the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Walls v. . BaileyNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Long v. . N.Y.C.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Bradley v. . WheelerNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Field v. . MunsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Selden v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1839
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3Cited by42 opinions
- National Bank v. BurkhardtSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- In Re the Arbitration Between Western Union Telegraph Co. & American Communications Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1949
- Power v. BowdleNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1893
- Magnin v. . DinsmoreNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Kirkland v. . DinsmoreNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
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