Crane v. Eastern Transportation Line
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Trespass on the case against the defendants, a corporation, as common carriers, for the loss of a quantity of corn by their negligence; brought to the Superior Court in Fair-field County. The defendants filed a demurrer to the declaration, -which was overruled, and the case thereupon heard in damages before Sanford, J. On the hearing the court' found the following facts, and made the finding a part of the record.
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Trespass on the case against the defendants, a corporation, as common carriers, for the loss of a quantity of corn by their negligence; brought to the Superior Court in Fair-field County. The defendants filed a demurrer to the declaration, -which was overruled, and the case thereupon heard in damages before Sanford, J. On the hearing the court' found the following facts, and made the finding a part of the record. On the 23d of February, 1873, the defendants were engaged in the towing business, in and about the waters adjacent to the city of New York, and by virtue of an arrangement before…
1Opinion of the Court
Park, O. J.
In this action the plaintiffs sought to recover the value of ' eight thousand and twelve bushels of com alleged to have been lost through the negligence of the defendants in transporting tlie same from Jersey City in the state of New Jersey, to the city of Bridgeport in this state.
The case was entered upon the jury docket for trial, but before it was reached the defendants entered a general demurrer to the declaration, which was overruled by the court. Thereupon the defendants, instead of answering further in the case, moved for a hearing in damages, which was had. On the hearing…
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