Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Stock
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to- a judgment of the Circuit Court of Elizabeth City-county in an action of assumpsit. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error. The opinion states the case. :
1Opinion of the Court
Keitii, P.,
delivered tlie opinion of the court.
Stock and Sons made two shipments of flour from points in the State of Michigan to Phoebus, in the State of Virginia. The first shipment was made in October, 1902, in car Ro. 5905; the second in February, 1903, in car Ro. 25578. There was a loss of goods upon each shipment, for which Stock and. Sons brought an action of assumpsit against the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company.
The loss claimed upon the goods shipped in car Ro. 5905, amounting to $612.75, was paid into court, and there is no controversy with respect to it, except as to the…
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