Rolfe v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Lenawee; Chester, J. Case by Charles A. Rolfe against the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company for damages to personal property. There was judgment for plaintiff, and. defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
The plaintiff’s consignor delivered, to the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway, at Denver, for shipment to plaintiff at Adrian, Mich., an automobile of the value of $1,600, in good condition. The car was shipped by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway in B. & A. car No. 11,601. ' It was accepted by defendant in the same car in Chicago, and was forwarded in that car to Adrian. On opening the car at Adrian it was found that the automobile had never been braced in the car, and that its motion back and forth on the floor of the car jmd been guarded against in no other way than by nailing…
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