Armond Schmoll, Inc. v. United States & Australasia Steamship Co.

Manning, J.:

The action is brought to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff through the negligence of the defendant steamship company in failing and neglecting to safely carry and deliver certain merchandise intrusted to its care for transportation from Sydney, Australia, to the city of New York. The merchandise in question consisted of 237 bags of wet, salted hides, which -were consigned to the order of the National Bank of Commerce of New York city, and the bank subsequently assigned its claim to the plaintiff.

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