Gordon & Walker v. Little
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. WRIT of error to the Common Pleas of Allegheny " " county, in an action brought by John Little, the plaintiff below, against Gordon Si? Walker, the plaintiffs in error, who were defendants below. ' The plaintiff shipped a quantity of goods on board a keel boat, belonging to the defendants, to be carried from Pitts-burg to Hopkinsville, in Kentucky, for which the plaintiff was to pay them a stipulated freight.
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In Error. WRIT of error to the Common Pleas of Allegheny " " county, in an action brought by John Little, the plaintiff below, against Gordon Si? Walker, the plaintiffs in error, who were defendants below. ' The plaintiff shipped a quantity of goods on board a keel boat, belonging to the defendants, to be carried from Pitts-burg to Hopkinsville, in Kentucky, for which the plaintiff was to pay them a stipulated freight. The agents of the defendants signed a bill of lading, by which they promised “ to deliver the goods in good order and condition, and without delay, the inevitable dangers of…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J. —
Several exceptions were taken to the .Court’s opinion on points of evidence during the trial of this cause, and an exception, was also taken to the charge delivered to the jury.
1. The first exception was to the opinion of the Court on the rejection of the deposition of Joseph Woods, offered in evidence by the defendants. This deposition had been regularly taken by the plaintiff, under a rule of Court, but was not offered in evidence by the plaintiff, neither was the witness subpcenaed -by either; party, although he lived in the county of Allegheny, There is a rule of Court,…
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