Ranchau v. Rutland Railroad
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case for loss of baggage. Plea, general issue. Trial by jury, at the March term, 1898, Windham county, Taft, J., presiding. Verdict for the plaintiff with special findings. Judgment thereon for $158 damages and costs. The defendant excepted.
1Opinion of the Court
Ross, C. J.(1) The declaration, in substance, alleges that the defendant, in the capacity of a common carrier, undertook, for hire, to carry safely for the plaintiff from Burlington, Vt., to Fitchburg, Mass., a box containing certain specified articles, and there to deli ver it to the plain tiff; that the box was delivered to the defendant, and that it so carelessly and negligently conducted, in the premises that the box and its contents were wholly lost to the plaintiff.
Against the objection and exception of the defendant, the plaintiff was allowed to show that on the occasion specified in…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Bissell v. . New York Central Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
- Kimball v. Rutland & Burlington RailroadSupreme Court of Vermont · 1854
- Rea v. HarringtonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1885
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