Bowden v. Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad
Superior Court of Delaware
Action by James E. Bowden and others, trading in the firm name of J. E. Bowden and Company, against the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company. Summons Case (No. 18, June Term, 1913). Demurrer to declaration upon the grounds appearing in the opinion of the court. Demurrer overruled.
1Opinion of the Court
Woolley, J.,
delivering the opinion of the court:
This is an action upon several contracts of carriage, with respect to which the plaintiffs declare that they delivered to the defendant and the defendant accepted from the plaintiffs certain of the plaintiffs’ property to be by it promptly and safely carried and transported in several parts from the Town of Sea-ford in the State of Delaware to the City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania, and from the Town of Seaford in the State of Delaware to the Town of Cumberland in the State of Maryland, and in breach of which the plaintiffs charge…
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