Legal Opinion
Pennsylvania R. Co. v. Huston
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 5, 1936No. 6868PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONS, Circuit Judge.
The controversy revolves about the validity and assignability of contracts between railroads and a storage and transfer company for the handling by the latter of the former’s unclaimed package freight. The suit below was by the assignee of the storage company against the lessee of the contracting railroads, and the questions here presented were preserved for review by a motion for directed verdict on behalf of the defendants. It is the denial of the motion, with the resulting verdict for the plaintiff, that is the principal error assigned.
In 1904 the Buckeye Transfer &…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Delaware County Commissioners v. Diebold Safe & Lock Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Boston Ice Co. v. PotterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
- Burck v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Winchester v. HowardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
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- Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Rau Const. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1942
- West Point-Pepperell, Inc. v. BradshawDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1974