Lyman v. Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by T. B. Lyman against the Southern Railway Company, heard by Judge M. H. Justice, at March Term, 1902, of the Superior Court of Buncombe County. From a judgment for the defendant, the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtConnor, J.
This action is prosecuted by the plaintiff for the recovery of the value of certain personal property in the warehouse of the defendant at Asheville, N. C., destroyed by fire on October 27, 1894. “The plaintiff did not contend that the defendant was liable as a common carrier, but sought to hold it liable as warehouseman.” The material facts, proved by the plaintiff and for the purpose of the decision of the case, taken to be true, are:
The plaintiff delivered to the defendant at Ealeigh, N. C., on October 12, 1894, the property (destroyed as above stated) for shipment to Asheville, N. C.,…
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