Case Name: FOSTER v. TAYLOR
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1916-03-03
Citations: 157 N.Y.S. 571
Docket Number: 
Parties: FOSTER v. TAYLOR.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 157
Pages: 571–572

Head Matter:
FOSTER v. TAYLOR.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department.
March 3, 1916.)
Pbincipal and Agent <§=>101'—Oabriage of Goods—Limitation of Liability —Contract by Shipper's Agent.
A shipper of goods is bound by the special contract tendered to and received by her agent.
[Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Principal and Agent, Cent. Dig. §§ 255, 256, 330, 316; Dec. Dig. <§=>101.]
Putnam, <T., dissenting.
other eases see same topic & KEY-NUMBER in all Key-Numbered Digests & Indexes
Appeal from Trial Term, Dutchess County.
Action by Lily F. Foster against G. C. Taylor, as president, etc. From a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendant appeals. Modified and affirmed.
Argued before CARR, STAPLETON, MILLS, RICH, and PUTNAM, JJ.
Frank Hasbrouck, of Poughkeepsie, for appellant.
Morschauser & Mack, of Poughkeepsie, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The plaintiff was bound by the special contract tendered to and received by her agent. Mills v. Weir, 82 App. Div. 396, 81 N. Y. Supp. 801; Knapp v. Wells Fargo & Co., 134 App. Div. 712, 119 N. Y. Supp. 117; Noonan v. Wells Fargo & Co., 68 Misc. Rep. 322, 123 N. Y. Supp. 903. Her recovery for damages was limited under the circumstances of this case to the sum of $50.
The judgment is modified, by reducing the amount of the recovery to the sum of $50 and costs, and, as so modified, the judgment and order are affirmed, without costs of this appeal.
CARR, STAPLETON, MILLS, and RICH, JJ., concur.