Legal Opinion
Compuknit Industries, Inc. v. Mercury Motors Express, Inc.
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided November 20, 1972PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNat H. Hentbl, J.
The question sought to be raised by plaintiff’s pleadings and brief is whether a 93-year-old New York Court of Appeals holding in Rathbun v. Citizens’ Steamboat Co. *56(76 N. T. 376), decided in 1879, is still controlling in today’s changing times in a current case involving analogous facts.
The stipulated facts in this nonjury case are:
1. Plaintiff consignor delivered certain merchandise to defendant common carrier on January 10,1972, for delivery to Island Merchandise Co., in Florida.
2. Defendant accepted the merchandise under a bill of lading requiring it to accept ‘ ‘ C.O.D. only as per the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Rathbun v. . Citizens' Steamboat Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1879
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