New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad v. Peninsula Produce Exchange
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Somerset County (Jones, J.). The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court. The following are the prayers that were offered at the trial of the case, and the action of the Court below upon each: Plaintiff’s First Prayer. — The plaintiff prays the Court to instruct the jury that if they shall believe from the evidence that the Peninsula Produce Exchange delivered to the .New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Eailroad Company, at Marion…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Somerset County (Jones, J.). The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court. The following are the prayers that were offered at the trial of the case, and the action of the Court below upon each: Plaintiff’s First Prayer. — The plaintiff prays the Court to instruct the jury that if they shall believe from the evidence that the Peninsula Produce Exchange delivered to the .New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Eailroad Company, at Marion Station, in Somerset,County, Maryland, one of its stations in said county, on the 26th day of May, 1910, a carload of…
1Opinion of the CourtUrner, J.
The appellee delivered to the appellant railroad company a carload of strawberries for transportation from Marion, Maryland, to New York City over the lines of the defendant and connecting carriers. It is alleged in the declaration that the defendant, or companies operating the connecting lines, failed to forward the shipment with reasonable dispatch; that because of this delay the berries did not-reach their destination until after the close of the market for which they were intended and for which they would have arrived in time if due diligence had been observed in their transportation; and…
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- Peninsula Produce Exchange v. American Railway Express Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1925
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