Southern Express Co. v. Keeler
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error tq a judgment- of the Law and Equity Court of the city of Kichmond in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
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Error tq a judgment- of the Law and Equity Court of the city of Kichmond in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error. Statement of agreed facts in an action of trespass on the case brought by Margaret Keeler against the Southern Express Company to recover damages for the loss of a trunk: I. On the 20th day of J anuary, 1907, the plaintiff in this action was the owner of a certain trunk containing clothing, silverware, jewelry and other things enumerated below, which, together with the trunk, were of the value of four hundred dollars ($400.00). On…
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
(after stating the foregoing facts), delivered the opinion of the court.
' In its main features, this case is ruled by the decision in Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company v. Pew, ante, p. 288, 64 S. E. 35, in which an opinion was handed down at the present term. Both cases arose under the concluding sentence of the first paragraph of section 1294c (24), Ya. Code, 1904, which provides, that “no contract, receipt, rule, or regulation shall exempt any such common carrier, railroad or transportation company from the liability of a common carrier which would exist had no contract been made or…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. PewSupreme Court of Virginia · 1909
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- Adams Express Co. v. GreenSupreme Court of Virginia · 1911
- Adams Express Co. v. AllenSupreme Court of Virginia · 1919