Case Name: Fred G. Clarke, Respondent, v. The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1913-05-07
Citations: 157 A.D. 194
Docket Number: 
Parties: Fred G. Clarke, Respondent, v. The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 157
Pages: 194–196

Head Matter:
Fred G. Clarke, Respondent, v. The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, Appellant.
Tim’d Department,
May 7, 1913.
Carrier—negligence — loss of baggage by burning of station.
Action against a common carrier to recover for the loss of the plaintiff’s baggage by the burning of defendant’s station.
Held, that a judgment for the plaintiff entered upon the report of a referee, holding the defendant liable for negligence in not using the care which an ordinary person as warehouseman would exercise under the same circumstances, should be affirmed.
Howard, J., dissented, with opinion.
Appeal by the defendant, The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Greene on the 14th day of October, 1912, upon the report of a referee.
Amos Van Etten, for the appellant.
John L. Fray, for the respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
The referee properly found the defendant liable for negligence in not using the care which an ordinary person as warehouseman would exercise under the same circumstances. Upon the authority of Robinson v. N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Co. (145 App. Div. 391; affd., 203 N. Y. 627) and Hyman v. South Coast Hotel Co. (146 App. Div. 341) the recovery is not limited to $150 for each person. The judgment is, therefore, affirmed, with costs.
All concurred, except Howard, J., dissenting in opinion.