Case Name: SAGEMAN v. WEIR
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1908-03-05
Citations: 109 N.Y.S. 43
Docket Number: 
Parties: SAGEMAN v. WEIR.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 109
Pages: 43–44

Head Matter:
SAGEMAN v. WEIR.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term.
March 5, 1908.)
Carriess—Express Company—Special Contract—Limitation op Liability.
A receipt issued by an express company based its charge on the value of the property, and limited the same to 850 unless a greater value was declared, and also stated that in consideration of the rate charged, regulated as stated, the shipper agreed by its acceptance ,that the company should not be liable for more than 850, if no value be stated. The shipper took the paper without perusal or otherwise learning its contents Held, that the minds of the parties met in the agreement embraced therein, and the shipper could recover no more than 850, where a loss resulted from ordinary negligence.
[Ed. Note.—For cases in point, see Cent. Dig. vol. 9, Carriers, § 691.]
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, First District.
Action by William J. Sageman against Levi C. Weir, as president of the Adams Express Company, on a contract of carriage, From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed.
Argued before GILDERSLEEVE, P. J., and BISCHOFF and MacLEAN, JJ.
Wood & Goldsmith (H. P. Wood, of counsel), for appellant.
Cravath, Henderson & De Gersdorff (Arthur W. Clement, of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
GILDERSLEEVE, P. J.
The judgment rendered by the trial court shows that it was found, as a matter of fact, that the minds of the parties met in the agreement embraced in the receipt, so that its terms constitute the contract between the parties. This conclusion is supported by the evidence, and the case, therefore, falls within the rule laid down in Bernstein v. Weir, 40 Misc. Rep. 635, 83 N. Y. Supp. 48.
The judgment should be affirmed, with costs to the respondent
BISCHOFF, J., concurs.