36 Misc. 555 | N.Y. App. Term. | 1901
Plaintiff’s assignor was the consignee of a barrel of whiskey intrusted to defendant, a common carrier, for transportation from New York to South Amboy, N. J. The goods duly arrived on October 2,19‘00, at the company’s dock at South Amboy and were placed in a storeroom on the dock. The plaintiff’s assignor, one Lyons, kept a retail liquor.store, and resided, with his family, in the same building in which he carries on business. On the evening of October second defendant’s agent called at Lyons’ place ,of business. He did not see Lyons, but did see his wife and notified her of the arrival of the whiskey. She left the bar-room and shortly returned, telling Davis, the defendant’s agent, that the goods were to remain on the dock, as her husband was not ready
y. The judgment must be affirmed, with costs.
McAdam, P. J., and MacLean, J., concur.
Judgment affirmed, with costs.