Tellez v. Canton Railroad Co.

The question here presented is whether under the pleadings and affidavits the defendants are entitled to summary judgment on the ground that “there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact.” (Summary Judgment Rule 1(a); Maryland Rule 610 a.)

The plaintiff, an importer, claims that 400 bales of broom corn marked “A. T. & Co.” and having a value of about $7,800, which were brought to Baltimore from Italy by sea, were lost or misplaced by the stevedore who unloaded them, by the railroad which received them for carriage to a warehouse, or by the warehouseman which stored them, or by all…