Legal Opinion

Kurtz v. Pennsylvania Railroad

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Clearfield County

Decided May 12, 1944Published

1Opinion of the Court

Griffith, J.,

forty-seventh judicial district, specially presiding, May 12, 1944.-This is an action by a shipper against a common carrier seeking to recover damages which arose by the destruction of goods by an unforeseen flood.

By stipulation, the parties agreed upon the facts and asked the court to determine whether, as a matter of law, in view of the agreed facts, defendant is liable to *680plaintiff. A brief statement of the facts agreed upon follows:

Plaintiff, a manufacturer of school supplies, entered into a contract to furnish and deliver certain school supplies to the School District of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Morrison v. Davis & Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1853
  2. Henry v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1910
  3. Schaff v. RoachSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1925

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