Pennsylvania Railroad v. Crutchfield
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 204, April T., 1913, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., April T., 1913, No. 362, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. J. S. Crutchfield and R.- B. Woolfolk, trading and doing business as Crutchfield & Woolfolk. Assumpsit for freight.
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Appeal, No. 204, April T., 1913, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., April T., 1913, No. 362, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. J. S. Crutchfield and R.- B. Woolfolk, trading and doing business as Crutchfield & Woolfolk. Assumpsit for freight. The plaintiff’s statement of claim averred that on or about June 27, 1907, the plaintiff transported and delivered to the defendants in interstate commerce a car of cantaloupes; and that the defendants paid the refrigeration charges, and $134.16 on account of the freight charges, whereas, accordng to…
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Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
The appellants’ discussion of the case proceeds on the theory not only that the consignment of merchandise was made to the defendants as commission merchants but that the plaintiff had -knowledge of the relation of the former to the transaction. It is then argued that the consigness were not liable for the freight bill and that if by mistake a smaller sum was charged for the transportation than was fixed by the published schedule no principle of law or equity subjects the defendants to liability for the unpaid balance. It is further contended that when the defendants…
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