Leh v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 182, Oct. T., 1905, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Northampton Co., Feb. T., 1903, No. 71, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of M. H. Leh v. The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. Trespass to recover damages for injuries to live stock. Before Schuyler, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court entered a compulsory nonsuit which it subsequently refused to take off. Error assigned was in refusing to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Oblady, J.,
The plaintiff, a dealer in horses, brought this action of trespass to recover damages from the defendant company on its common-law liahility for failure to transport with due care and dispatch a carload of horses. The statement alleges a delivery on September 5, 1902, of a carload of nineteen horses in good condition in “ Car C. C. C. C. No. 2249,” by the L. S. & M. S. R. R. Company to the defendant company at Buffalo, N. Y., a detention of the car at Buffalo until September 7, and a final delivery at Nazareth, Pa., on September 8, in so injured and unsatisfactory a…
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