Maghee v. Camden & Amboy Railroad Transportation Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from the judgment of the G-eneral Term of the Supreme Court, in the first judicial district, affirming the judgment" of the Special Term in favor of defendants. On the 21st of June, 1864, at Louisville, Ky., one Hunter, the plaintiff’s agent, delivered to the Jeffersonville Eailroad Company, fob .transportation to Hew York, certain merchandise, the property of the' plaintiff.
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Appeal from the judgment of the G-eneral Term of the Supreme Court, in the first judicial district, affirming the judgment" of the Special Term in favor of defendants. On the 21st of June, 1864, at Louisville, Ky., one Hunter, the plaintiff’s agent, delivered to the Jeffersonville Eailroad Company, fob .transportation to Hew York, certain merchandise, the property of the' plaintiff. The company signed a bill of lading, which was sent to the plaintiff, together with an invoice of the merchandise. The hill of lading, after acknowledging the receipt of the merchandise by the Jeffersonville…
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews J.
It will be convenient to consider in the first place, the nature and extent of the obligation of the Jeffersonville Baikoad Company, under the contract of June 21, 1864, for the transportation of the property in question.
The road of that corporation commenced at Jeffersonville, on the Ohio river, in the State of Indiana, opposite Louisville, Kentucky, and terminated at Indianapolis, in the former State.
The goods were delivered to the corporation at Louisville, by the agent for the plaintiff, and on their receipt, a bill of lading was signed, whereby the Jeffersonville Bailroad…
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