Gwyn Harper Manufacturing Co. v. Carolina Central Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by the Gwyn Harper Manufacturing Company against tbe Carolina Central Railroad Company, beard by Judge E. ~W. Timberldke and a jury, at December (Special) Term, 1900, of tbe Superior Court of LINCOLN County. Erom a judgment for tbe plaintiff, tbe defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtDouglas, J.
This is an action for tbe recovery of twenty bags of flour lost in transit. Tbe plaintiff alleges in bis complaint, wbicb is apparently sustained by tbe evidence, that it is tbe assignee of tbe bill of lading for a large amount of flour shipped from Circlesville, Ohio, to J. A. Durham & Co., Lenoir, N. 0., all of wbicb was delivered except tbe 20 bags said to have been lost. Tbe answer denied every allegation of tbe complaint, either directly or for want of knowledge. As an additional defence, tbe answer alleged: “That no claim for loss or damage was made by plaintiff above named within…
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