Ruppel v. Allegheny Valley Railway
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 210, Oct. T., 1894, by defendant from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., May T,, 1893, No. 185, on verdict for plaintiff. ,. Assumpsit to recover the value of a car load of potatoes alleged to have been lost through the negligence of defendant. Before Me Clung, J. At the trial it appeared that the goods had been consigned to plaintiff at Pittsburg from New Orleans.
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Appeal, No. 210, Oct. T., 1894, by defendant from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., May T,, 1893, No. 185, on verdict for plaintiff. ,. Assumpsit to recover the value of a car load of potatoes alleged to have been lost through the negligence of defendant. Before Me Clung, J. At the trial it appeared that the goods had been consigned to plaintiff at Pittsburg from New Orleans. At Pittsburg plaintiff ordered the car to be transferred to defendant’s road for shipment to Buffalo, under a bill of lading which contained, inter alia,-the following provisions : “ 1. No carrier or party in…
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Opinion by
Mr. Justice Dean,
Ruppel, the plaintiff, by wire, had consigned to him at Pitts-burg, from New Orleans, a car load of potatoes; they were shipped 4th of June, and reached Pittsburg 10th June, 1892, being about six days on the way; before the car arrived, plain*177tiff had ordered its transfer to defendant’s road for shipment to Buffalo, and when it came into the yard, he, in company with two others, examined the potatoes, which were packed in barrels, and pronounced them in good condition. The same day the car was transferred to defendant’s road and he, the next morning, took from…
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