Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1978

Sunshine v. Rochester Independent Packers Co.

Sunshine v. Rochester Independent Packers Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided September 15, 1978
64 A.D.2d 1009; 409 N.Y.S.2d 463; 1978 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 13006
Sunshine v. Rochester Independent Packers Co.

Opinion of the Court

—Order and judgment unanimously affirmed, with costs. Memorandum: In an action by a common carrier to recover freight charges, a shipper may not assert counterclaims arising out of transactions other than those upon which the claim for freight charges is based (New York Cent. R.R. Co. v Niagara Fruit Inds., 278 App Div 892). Special Term properly granted summary judgment to each plaintiff and severed defendants’ counterclaims for later trial or other disposition. (Appeal from order and judgment of Monroe Supreme Court—partial summary judgment.) Present—Moule, J. P., Cardamone, Dillon, Hancock, Jr., and Schnepp, JJ.

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