77 A.D. 469 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1902
The defendant’s bill of lading acknowledging the receipt of the trunk is evidence of the fact that it was delivered to the defendant’s agent at Basle. By its terms the defendant agreed to deliver the trunk of effects in good order and condition at the port of New York with “ The International Navigation Co. New York, for disposal of Dr. Wells,” Richmond Hill, L. I. The defendant was not required by its contract to deliver the trunk to Dr. Wells at Richmond Hill. It could have relieved itself of liability by the delivery of the trunk of effects to the consignee in New York in good order and condition, and upon tendering such delivery the question as to good order and condition, if raised by the plaintiffs,
Motion for a new trial denied, with ten dollars costs.