Springer v. Pullman Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 148, Oct. T., 1911, by defendant from judgment of O. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., April T., 1908, No. 1143, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Carl Springer v. The Pullman Company. Trespass to recover value of personal effects, lost in transit. Before Haymaker, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict for plaintiff for $2,000 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 148, Oct. T., 1911, by defendant from judgment of O. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., April T., 1908, No. 1143, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Carl Springer v. The Pullman Company. Trespass to recover value of personal effects, lost in transit. Before Haymaker, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict for plaintiff for $2,000 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, among others, was in refusing motion for judgment non obstante veredicto.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
The damages here sought to be recovered are not for loss of baggage which the passenger had entrusted for transportation to the carrier’s exclusive possession, but for the loss of personal effects which the passenger retained in his own possession while occupying a place in the sleeping car. The distinction with respect to the carrier’s liability in the two cases is well established. In the one, where the baggage is delivered into the possession of the carrier, the carrier becomes insurer against all loss except such as results from the act of God or the public…
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