Gardner v. Southern Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil Actiok by J. W. Gardner against tbe Southern Railway Company, heard by Judge B. W. Timberlake and a jury, at May Term, 1900, of RowaN Superior Court. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtDouglas, J.
This is an action for the value of a oaf-load of stone destroyed through the negligence of the defendant. The following, taken from the case on appeal, includes all tbe evidence offered by either side: “It was admitted by defendant that it was negligent, and liable for the value of the stone lost and destroyed; but defendant contended that the value was the amount agreed on in the bill of lading. Plaintiff testified that two years ago defendant placed a car on a siding about' four miles from Salisbury to enable him to load the same with stone for shipment to Danville, consigned to a purchaser…
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