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Administrative
Francis H. Stoddard, Respondent, v. The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company, Appellant
94 N.Y. 643·New York Court of Appeals·1883·NY
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Opinion
Francis H. Stoddard, Respondent, v. The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company, Appellant.
(Submitted December 6, 1883 ;
decided December 14, 1883.)
Edward S. Rapallo for appellant.
Lucien Birdseye for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Agree to modify judgment by striking therefrom the sum of $130.58 for excess of interest allowed, and as modified, affirmed on opinion in Sanders v. L. S. & M. S. R. Co. (ante, p. 641).