Beaumont v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 37, Oct. T., 1908, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., June T., 1904, No. 4,158, on verdict for defendant in case of Charles 0. Beaumont, trading as Joseph Oat & Sons, v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company. Trespass against a common carrier for damages caused by the breaking of a casting while being unloaded from a car. Before Audenried, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 37, Oct. T., 1908, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., June T., 1904, No. 4,158, on verdict for defendant in case of Charles 0. Beaumont, trading as Joseph Oat & Sons, v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company. Trespass against a common carrier for damages caused by the breaking of a casting while being unloaded from a car. Before Audenried, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court charged in part as follows: [The defendant’s duty with respect to these belts as a common carrier had ended. After the arrival of the belts in the city…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
The counsel for the appellant and the appellee do not disagree *226in regard to the obligation of a carrier to transport safely and make delivery to the consignee, and that ordinarily it is the duty of the carrier to unload the freight and deposit it in a suitable place at which the consignee may receive it. They agree, too, that there is an exception to this rule in the case of bulky freight as to which in the case of shipment by cars the carrier is not required to remove it from the car, but discharges its obligation by delivering the car in a safe and convenient…
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- Sweet v. . BarneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, & St. Louis Railway Co. v. NashIndiana Supreme Court · 1873
- Loveland v. BurkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- Kirk v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
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- Morris v. PayneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1922