Philadelphia & Reading Ry. Co. v. Parry
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 277, Oct. T., 1916, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 2, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1915, No. 2109, discharging rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense in case of Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co. v. Charles K. Parry, trading as Charles K. Parry & Company. Assumpsit for freight charges. Rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case.
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Appeal, No. 277, Oct. T., 1916, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 2, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1915, No. 2109, discharging rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense in case of Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co. v. Charles K. Parry, trading as Charles K. Parry & Company. Assumpsit for freight charges. Rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was order discharging rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The plaintiff brought this action to recover the freight and charges upon two car-loads of lumber which had been ordered by the defendant from C. A. Roach, of Bingham, South Carolina, to be shipped to Reading, Pa. Roach had delivered the lumber to the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, which company delivered to him bills of lading for the cars, the shipment being-routed through to Reading, via the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co., and consigned to this defendant. The defendant notified the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co. to deliver the cars to Abner S. Deysher,…
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