Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road v. Green
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Arx’eal from the Superior Court of Baltimore city. This action was brought on the 23rd of Eobruary, 18G3, iu the Superior Court of Baltimore oily, by tho appellee against the appellant, to- recover the value of three thousamK bushels of oats shipped at Baltimore city by the appellee, between the 1st and 8th days of February,, 1862,, directed to> Lieutenant Fergusson, a Forage Agent of the U. S. Government, at the foot of 6th Street Wharf in Washington city.
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Arx’eal from the Superior Court of Baltimore city. This action was brought on the 23rd of Eobruary, 18G3, iu the Superior Court of Baltimore oily, by tho appellee against the appellant, to- recover the value of three thousamK bushels of oats shipped at Baltimore city by the appellee, between the 1st and 8th days of February,, 1862,, directed to> Lieutenant Fergusson, a Forage Agent of the U. S. Government, at the foot of 6th Street Wharf in Washington city. The judgment of the Court below, (Martin, E,) was in favor of the appellee, and from this judgment this-appeal was taken by the Bailxoad…
1Opinion of the CourtHowie, J.
The appellee sued the appellant as a common carrier, upon a contract “ to take, carry and deliver a large quantity of oats, then in the city of Baltimore, to the city of Washington, at the foot of 6th street in said city, at and for the sum of $18 per car loadand that the plaintiff delivered to said defendant three thousand bushels, of the value of sixty cents per bushel, which were so negligently and carelessly carried, that they were lost to the plaintiff, to which the defendant pleaded “ that the oats mentioned in the nar., were delivered according to the obligation of the defendant in…
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