Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Pumphrey
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Carroll County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. First Exception.—The plaintiff having testified to the refusal of the defendant hy its officers to deliver to him certain heef, the plaintiff’s counsel then asked witness what effect did the refusal to deliver the heef have on his business.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Carroll County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. First Exception.—The plaintiff having testified to the refusal of the defendant hy its officers to deliver to him certain heef, the plaintiff’s counsel then asked witness what effect did the refusal to deliver the heef have on his business. The defendant objected to the question and proof offered, hut the Court (Miller and Hayden, J.,) overruled the objection and permitted the question to he asked and answered. The defendant excepted. Second Exception.—The plaintiff offered the two following…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
This action was brought by the plaintiff against the defendant, a common carrier, for the breach of a contract. The declaration states that the defendant undertook to carry-, for hire, certain goods of the plaintiff from the city-of St. Louis, and deliver the same to him in the city o Baltimore, and alleges as the breach of the contract, that the defendant wantonly, negligently and maliciously refused to deliver to him the same, and that thereby the plaintiff was not only deprived of said goods, but that his business was by such refusal seriously injured. The foundation of the action was a…
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