Morse v. Brainerd
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was originally an action on the case in two counts brought "by Morse against Brainerd and others, Trustees of the Vermont Central and Vermont & Canada Railroads, as common carriers, for damages sustained by said Morse on a car-load of cattle shipped, as will appear from the opinion of the court.
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This was originally an action on the case in two counts brought "by Morse against Brainerd and others, Trustees of the Vermont Central and Vermont & Canada Railroads, as common carriers, for damages sustained by said Morse on a car-load of cattle shipped, as will appear from the opinion of the court. The suit was entered at the September term, A. D. 1860, of the Franklin county court, and the same was enjoined in chancery by Poland, ■Chancellor, upon the ground that said receivers were sought to be charged in a court of law for acts done by them as receivers, ¡acting as the officers of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
PiERPOiNT, C. J.
This case comes into this court by appeal from a decree of the court of chancery accepting the report of a master, and determining the amount due from the defendants to the plaintiff, James Morse. The preliminary proceedings, which have resulted in bringing the case before us in its present form, we have not been furnished with the means of stating. That is probably a matter of no importance, as no questions are now made by counsel on either side, except such as arise upon the master’s report.
From that, it appears that the defendants…
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