Case Name: WEIS v. ST. LOUIS & S. F. R. CO.
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1906-03-02
Citations: 97 N.Y.S. 993
Docket Number: 
Parties: WEIS v. ST. LOUIS & S. F. R. CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 97
Pages: 993–994

Head Matter:
WEIS v. ST. LOUIS & S. F. R. CO.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term.
March 2, 1906.)
Carriers—Connecting Carriers—Special Contracts.
The mere statement of the clerk of a railroad company receiving goods to the effect that they would be sent to the place of destination is no evidence of a special contract to transport the goods beyond the company’s own lines.
[Ed. Note.—For cases in point, see vol. 9, Cent. Dig. Carriers, § 781.] Giegerich, J., dissenting.
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Fifth District. Action by Israel Weis against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
Affirmed.
Argued before. SCOTT, P. J., and GIEGERICH and GREEN-BAUM, JJ.
Leon Dashew, for appellant.
Roberts Walker,-for respondent.

Opinion:
SCOTT, P. J.
There was not the slightest evidence of a through contract. The mere statement of the clerk who received them, to the effect that they would be sent to New York, is no evidence of a special contract.
The judgment should be affirmed, with costs.
GREENBAUM, J., concurs.