Baltimore & Ohio R. R. v. Skeels
West Virginia Supreme Court
The declaration in this case was filed at July rules, 1860. It was in an action of trespass on the case,.against the defendant as a common carrier, alleging that through the negligence and improvidence of its servants and agents, certain sheep which the defendant had undertaken by óontract to transport and deliver in safety and good condition for the plaintiff, from the city of Wheeling to Philadelphia, for the sum of 160 dollars, were lost to the plaintiff, to the value of…
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The declaration in this case was filed at July rules, 1860. It was in an action of trespass on the case,.against the defendant as a common carrier, alleging that through the negligence and improvidence of its servants and agents, certain sheep which the defendant had undertaken by óontract to transport and deliver in safety and good condition for the plaintiff, from the city of Wheeling to Philadelphia, for the sum of 160 dollars, were lost to the plaintiff, to the value of 1,000 dollars. The defendant pleaded non assumpsit and issue was joined. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for…
1Opinion of the CourtBerkshire, J.
The only question we are required to consider in this case is the ruling of the circuit court on the instructions asked for by the plaintiff in error.
The action is trespass on the case against the plaintiff in error as a common carrier. The declaration sets out a contract with the plaintiff'in erpor, by which it agreed to transport and Carry over its road a certain number of sheep for the defendant in error, at a certain stipulated price, from the city of Wheeling to the city of Philadelphia,' and to carry them safely and to deliver them in good order and condition at the latter place; and it…
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