Vuille v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 169, Oct. T., 1909, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Huntingdon Co., Sept. T., 1907, No. 17, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Charles A. Yuille v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Assumpsit to recover damages for injuries to an automobile. Before Woods, P. J. At the trial the court charged as follows: This is an action of assumpsit brought by Chas.
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Appeal, No. 169, Oct. T., 1909, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Huntingdon Co., Sept. T., 1907, No. 17, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Charles A. Yuille v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Assumpsit to recover damages for injuries to an automobile. Before Woods, P. J. At the trial the court charged as follows: This is an action of assumpsit brought by Chas. A. Vuille against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to recover for damages which he alleges he sustained by reason of the defendant company injuring or damaging a certain automobile that was in their charge at a certain time,…
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Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
The plaintiff’s cause of action as presented at the trial was damage resulting from the negligent transportation of an automobile which was delivered to the Florida East Coast Railway Company to be transported to Huntington, Pa. The defendant was the terminal carrier. The plaintiff’s evidence shows that the vehicle was delivered to the initial carrier in good condition; that it was securely packed in the car in a manner usual in the transportation of such property and that on its arrival at its destination it was in such a damaged condition as to be unfit for use and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Grogan & Merz v. Adams Express Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
- American Express Co. v. SandsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
- Buck v. Pennsylvania R. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
- Cote v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
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- Quaker Worsted Mills Corp. v. Howard Trucking Corp.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
- Ensign v. Union Transfer Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
- General Electric Co. v. Pennsylvania RailroadDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1958
- Jackson Co., Inc. v. P.R.R. Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
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