Merchants & Miners Transportation Co. v. L. J. Upton & Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of city of Norfolk, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant assigns, error.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentis, J.
The Merchants and Miners Transportation Company, hereinafter called the company, complains of a judgment in favor of L. J. Upton & Company, Inc., hereinafter called the plaintiff.
The pertinent facts are, that the plaintiff had five car*408loads of Irish potatoes shipped to it at Norfolk. They •arrived December 24 and 26, and on receipt of notice of their arrival the plaintiff directed the company to deliver them to .various connecting carriers at Norfolk—three cars to the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, one car to the Southern Railway Company, and one car to the People’s Navigation.…
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