Carter v. Pennsylvania R.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
This is an action to recover damages for the loss of fourteen mules and one horse, worth $2,315, which were destroyed by fire, while in the lawful possession and control of the defendant, at or near Mantua station on the defendant’s railroad in the city of Philadelphia. The defendant is a common carrier of freight and passengers. The live stock in question was loaded on one of the defendant’s open rack stock cars at Marlboro, Md., to be transported to Oldtown, Me. The car, with several others containing plaintiff’s property, reached Philadelphia about 7 o’clock in the…
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- Peck v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Ann Arbor R. Co. v. FoxCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1899
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