Norfolk & Western Railroad v. Harman & Crockett
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Smyth county, rendered April 10, 1893, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the defendants in error were the plaintiffs, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtRiely, J.
The defendants in error, on June 13, 1891, delivered to the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company two lots of lambs to be transported to Jersey City, in the State of New Jersey. One lot was received by the railroad company at its station at Saltville, Va., and the othei lot at Pounding Mill, in Tazewell county, Ya. A large number of the lambs having died on the route, the owners charged that their death was caused by the negligence of the railroad company, and brought suit to recover damages for the loss sustained.
The railroad company having undertaken to furnish a stock pen at Saltville for…
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