Harper Furniture Co. v. Southern Express Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN to recover damages for wrongful delay in the shipment of goods, tried before. Ward, J., and a jury, at November Term, 1901, of Catidwell.
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ActioN to recover damages for wrongful delay in the shipment of goods, tried before. Ward, J., and a jury, at November Term, 1901, of Catidwell. There was evidence tending to show that plaintiff was a firm engaged in the manufacture of furniture, having its mill at Lenoir, N. C.; that on or about 21 October, 1905, the Erie City Iron Works, of Erie City, Pa., shipped to plaintiff, as consignee, at Lenoir, N. C., an engine shaft, of a given kind, weighing something like 650 pounds; that pursuant to the order of plaintiff company the shipment was made by express, over a line of connecting…
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER and BROWN, JJ., dissenting. There was evidence tending to show that plaintiff was a firm engaged in the manufacture of furniture, having its mill at Lenoir, N.C.; that on or about 21 October, 1905, the Erie City Iron Works, of Erie City,
67 Pa., shipped to plaintiff, as consignee, at Lenoir, N.C. an engine shaft, of a given kind, weighing something like 650 pounds; that pursuant to the order of plaintiff company the shipment was made by express, over a line of connecting carriers between the two points, including the defendant, and the shaft was delivered at Lenoir, N.C. by defendant…
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- Griffin v. . ColverNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
- Rocky Mount Mills v. Wilmington & Weldon RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1896
- Harper Furniture Co. v. Southern Express Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1907
- MacE v. . RamseySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1876
- Foard v. Atlantic & North Carolina Rail RoadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1860
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