Case Name: Robert B. Jennings, Appellant, v. Clyde Steamship Company, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1914-02-03
Citations: 210 N.Y. 570
Docket Number: 
Parties: Robert B. Jennings, Appellant, v. Clyde Steamship Company, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 210
Pages: 570–571

Head Matter:
Robert B. Jennings, Appellant, v. Clyde Steamship Company, Respondent.
Jennings v. Clyde Steamship Co., 148 App. Div. 615, affirmed.
(Argued January 19, 1914;
decided February 3, 1914.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered February 17, 1912, in favor of defendant upon the submission of a controversy under section 1279 of the Code of Civil Procedure as to the liability of the defendant for the value of merchandise destroyed by fire while in its possession as a common carrier.
Henry J. Bigham, D. Roger Englar and Oscar R. Houston for appellant.
Norman B. Beecher and Ray Rood Allen for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed, with costs, on opinion of Clarke, J., below.
Concur: Willard Bartlett, Ch. J., Werner, Chase, Collin, Citddeback and Hogan, JJ. Not sitting: Miller, J.