Case Name: Browning, King and Company, Appellant, v. James C. Davis, Director-General of Railroads, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1924-06-06
Citations: 238 N.Y. 607
Docket Number: 
Parties: Browning, King and Company, Appellant, v. James C. Davis, Director-General of Railroads, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 238
Pages: 607–607

Head Matter:
Browning, King and Company, Appellant, v. James C. Davis, Director-General of Railroads, Respondent.
Carriers — action to recover value of merchandise lost in transit — defense that claim had not been presented within time required by bill of lading.
Browning, King & Co. v. Davis, 208 App. Div. 780, affirmed.
(Argued May 22, 1924;
decided June 6, 1924.)
Appeal, by permission, from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered March 14, 1924, unanimously affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a dismissal of the complaint by the court at a Trial Term. The action was to recover the value of merchandise delivered to the Lehigh Valley railroad at New York city for transport to Omaha, Neb., but never delivered to the consignee. The defense was failure to make claim within six months in writing as required by the bill of lading.
Copal Mintz and Louis S. Posner for appellant.
Herbert W. Smith for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Hiscock, Ch. J., Cardozo, Pound, McLaughlin, Crane and Andrews, JJ. Dissenting: Lehman, J.