Case ID: ad_230/html/0785-06.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Continental Leather Company, Respondent, v. Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate Steam Navigation Company, Ltd., Defendant, and Lamport & Holt, Ltd., Appellant.
   Judgment and order modifying judgment reversed upon the law and the facts and a new trial granted, costs to appellant to abide the event. Plaintiff sought to recover upon the theory of an express contract evidenced by a bill of lading, of which no proof was given. The court was not warranted in directing a verdict upon plaintiff’s testimony as to the cause of the damage and the damage. Lazansky, P. J., Rich, Young and Carswell, JJ., concur; Hagarty, J., dissents.