Case Name: Hill v. Syracuse, Binghamton and New York Railroad Company, appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1874-09
Citations: 4 Thomp. & Cook 685
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hill v. Syracuse, Binghamton and New York Railroad Company, appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Thompson & Cook's Supreme Court Reports
Volume: 4
Pages: 685–685

Head Matter:
Hill v. Syracuse, Binghamton and New York Railroad Company, appellant.
Evidence—of market price.
A witness testified to the price Of wool on a certain day, but said he only derived his information from others who dealt in wool; did not know of or attend a sale of wool that day, and did not name any wool broker with whom he had conversed. Held insufficient to establish the price.
Appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon the report of referee. The action was brought in Chenango county by Silas R. Hill to recover for a breach of contract to transport certain wool.
Sedgwicks, Kennedy & Tracy, for appellant.
L. B. Kern, for respondent.

Opinion:
Miller, P. J.
The opinion is devoted to a consideration of the facts. . The headnote states fully the only point of any importance therein.
Judgment reversed and new trial granted.