Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York, 1909

Darnana v. La Compagnie Générale Transatlantique

Darnana v. La Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided January 15, 1909
114 N.Y.S. 118 (New York Supplement)

Counsel

Joseph P. Nolan, for appellant., S. A. Singerman, for respondent.

Darnana v. La Compagnie Générale Transatlantique

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The plaintiff was bound by the limitation of damages for the loss of baggage, as expressed upon the passenger’s ticket for an ocean voyage, notwithstanding that the terms of the -limitation were not directly brought to his attention (Tewes v. North German Lloyd S. S. Co., 186 N. Y. 151, 78 N. E. 864, 8 L. R. A. [N- .S.] 199), and the judgment should be reduced to the sum of $60, in accordance with the defendant’s concession of liability at the trial.

Judgment modified, by reducing same to the sum of $60, with ap- ' propriate costs in the court below. Costs of this appeal to appellant, which costs are to be set off against the plaintiff’s recovery.

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