Union Stone Co. v. Wilmington Transfer Co.
Superior Court of Delaware
Action of Assumpsit (No. 114, September Term, 1912) by the Union Stone Company against the Wilmington Transfer Company, to recover for damages to a crane and stone planer alleged to have been caused by the defendant company in carelessly and negligently handling the said property while endeavoring to remove the planer for hire. Verdict for plaintiff.
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Action of Assumpsit (No. 114, September Term, 1912) by the Union Stone Company against the Wilmington Transfer Company, to recover for damages to a crane and stone planer alleged to have been caused by the defendant company in carelessly and negligently handling the said property while endeavoring to remove the planer for hire. Verdict for plaintiff. At the trial, A., vice-president of the plaintiff company, stated: That about a week prior to December 12,1911, he entered into an agreement or contract with B., superintendent of the defendant company, which was engaged in the general hauling…
1Opinion of the Court
Boyce, J.,
charging the jury:
Gentlemen of the jury:—This is an action by Union Stone Company, the plaintiff, against Wilmington Transfer Company, the defendant, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff on account of the failure of the defendant to take care of one stone planer and safely carry and convey the same from Commerce Street to Second and Church Streets in this city under the terms of an oral agreement between the parties, and also for injury and damage to a traveling crane used by the defendant in lifting and moving the planer.
The plaintiff claims for its…
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