Manley Bros. v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trover for the loss of a part of a shipment of goods. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the September Term, 1914, Windham County, Waterman, J., presiding. Verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. Neither exhibit referred to in the opinion ivas attached to either deposition.
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.
This is an action of-trover to recover the value of certain property shipped from Detroit to the plaintiffs at Brattleboro.
The .evidence tended to show that the plaintiffs ordered of the Ford Motor Co. of Detroit a bill of goods which included six automobile radiators. That when the shipment arrived at Brattleboro over the defendant railroad’s line, and was cheeked up with the packing slip which came with it, it was short the six radiators covered by the order, — all the other goods shown by the packing slip and included in the order being received. The original bill of lading, dated June 21,…
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