O'Neill v. . N.Y. Cen. H.R.R.R. Co.

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] Although the amount in controversy would scarcely seem to justify litigation from the County Court to that of last resort, yet, if the parties adopt that course they are entitled to have their rights determined by the application of legal rules the same as in cases involving larger consequences.

The law is, I think, well settled upon every question involved in the present case, and in nearly every one by the judgment of this court. A carrier is responsible as…