Adams Express Co. v. Scott
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Accomac county in an action of assumpsit, consolidated and heard with an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
'The plaintiff in error, Adams Express Company, brings this writ of error to review a judgment for 11,213.70, recovered against it by the defendant in error, John L. Scott.
The litigation arose out of a written contract between the company and Daugherty, agent for the plaintiff, for the transportation of a race stallion, “Signet Prince,” from Tasley, a station <on the N. Y., P. & N. railroad, in Accomac county, Virginia, to 'Pocomoke City, in the State of Maryland, a distance of twenty-seven miles. Ten race-horses and traps were included in the shipment, all of which, with the exception of “…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Boehl v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Reeves & McNeilSupreme Court of Virginia · 1899
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. SutherlandSupreme Court of Virginia · 1906
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- Cassone v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1924
- Ruebel Bros. v. American Express Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1920
- Adams Express Co. v. Allendale Farm, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1914
- Atlantic Fruit Co. v. Pennsylvania RailroadCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1925