Beasley v. Baltimore & Potomac Railroad
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in an action for the detention of property and for the negligent keeping thereof. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: Appellant’s intestate, John W. Bradshaw, on April 4th, 1899, shipped from Tampa, Florida, to Washington, District of Columbia, two horses, one of which he owned and in the other of which he had a half interest.
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Hearing on an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in an action for the detention of property and for the negligent keeping thereof. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: Appellant’s intestate, John W. Bradshaw, on April 4th, 1899, shipped from Tampa, Florida, to Washington, District of Columbia, two horses, one of which he owned and in the other of which he had a half interest. These horses, with two others belonging to other parties, were delivered to the Savannah, Florida, & Western Railway Company, and that company issued…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Duell
The assignment of errors sets forth that the court erred: First, in directing a verdict for the defendant; second, in refusing to grant the prayers offered by the plaintiff, and in not submitting the case to the jury; third, in admitting in evidence the waybill; fourth, in admitting evidence of the inquiry made by the appellee company relative to the rate, and of the fact that the company offered to deliver the horses on April 13th.
Considering these assignments in reverse order, we are of the opinion that the fourth and third are not well taken. Appellant’s declaration, as we have seen,…
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