PROVIDENCE & N.Y. SS. CO. v. HILL MFG. CO.


109 U.S. 578 (1883)

PROVIDENCE & NEW YORK STEAMSHIP COMPANY v. HILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 17th, 1883.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph H. Choate and Mr. Moorfield Storey for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Josiah G. Abbott and Mr. Samuel A.B. Abbott for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court.

The writ of error in this case brings up for consideration a judgment of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts rendered in an action brought by The Hill Manufacturing Company against the Providence and New York Steamship Company as common carriers, to recover damages for the loss of certain goods delivered by the plaintiffs to the defendants at Providence, Rhode Island, to be transported to the city of...

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