Lehigh Valley Railroad v. Snyder
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On error to the Supreme Court. Snyder, the defendant in error, brought this action in the Warren Common Pleas against the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company (lessees of the Morris canal), the plaintiff in error, to recover (1) freight earned in carrying coal on the canal under the employment of plaintiff in error; (2) damages for unlawful discharge from such employment.
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On error to the Supreme Court. Snyder, the defendant in error, brought this action in the Warren Common Pleas against the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company (lessees of the Morris canal), the plaintiff in error, to recover (1) freight earned in carrying coal on the canal under the employment of plaintiff in error; (2) damages for unlawful discharge from such employment. It appears by the bills of exceptions that Snyder’s contract of employment with the railroad company was in writing, and as follows: “Office Morris Canal “(Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, Lessees), “ Phillipsburg, N. J., April 2,…
1Opinion of the Court
The' opinion of the court was delivered by
Magie, J.
It appears from the bills of exception that the principal contest on the trial of this cause was upon the question whether Snyder was rightfully discharged from his employment by the railroad company.
It further appears that, from the evidence admitted by the court below, it was open to the railroad company to contend, and it did contend, that it had loaded on Snyder’s boat a cargo of coal consigned to the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, weighing seventy-two tons two hundredweight; that cargoes thus consigned were not weighed on delivery, which…
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- Wilson v. Inhabitants of TrentonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1891
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