New York & Baltimore Transportation Line & Southern Pacific Co. v. Lewis Baer & Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
The following are the prayers that were offered by the plaintiff and by the defendants and the Court’s action on each: Plaintiff’s First Prayer — The Court instructs the jury that if they find from the evidence that the three shipments testified to were made to the plaintiffs upon what is known as “Order Bills of Lading,” and that such shipments, when delivered to the carriers by the consignors, were in good condition for carriage to their destination, and if they shall…
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The following are the prayers that were offered by the plaintiff and by the defendants and the Court’s action on each: Plaintiff’s First Prayer — The Court instructs the jury that if they find from the evidence that the three shipments testified to were made to the plaintiffs upon what is known as “Order Bills of Lading,” and that such shipments, when delivered to the carriers by the consignors, were in good condition for carriage to their destination, and if they shall further find that the Lew York and Baltimore Transportation Company, one of the defendants herein, tendered to the…
1Opinion of the CourtPattison, J.
The amended declaration in this case alleges in the first count thereof that on or about the 15th day of June, 1909, the appellants, defendants below, as common carriers, “received and accepted certain freight, to wit: a large quantity of wool in bags, the aggregate weight of which was approximately eight thousand pounds, for delivery' to the plaintiffs, at Baltimore, Md., for which said defendants received the compensation charged by them, which was predicated upon the weight, of said shipment; that when said shipment ivas delivered by tbe defendants to the plaintiffs. the same was in had…
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- Beard & Sons v. Illinois Central Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1890
- Merchants & Miners' Transportation Co. v. EichbergCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1909
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