New York Court of Appeals September 5, 1865 (Johnson v. New York Central Railroad)

Porter, J.

The defendant undertook to transport the flax to Albany, and to forward it thence to Hew York by the People’s Line o'f steamboats. On the refusal of that line to receive it, the defendant’s obligation as a carrier ceased; and if it incurred any further liability, it was in the character of agent for the owner of the property.