Peavey v. Philadelphia, B. & W. R. Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Action by S. Fillmore Peavey against the Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ROBB, Associate Justice.
Appeal from a judgment in the Supreme Court of the District for the defendant, appellee here, in a suit for the recovery of the value of a box of books, etc., shipped by the plaintiff from Washington, D. C., to Brooklyn, N. Y., and later destroyed by fire in a warehouse in which the box had been stored by the receiving carrier.
From the agreed statement of facts it appears that the box was shipped by freight on October 3, 1916, to S. F. Peavey, Jr., whose mail address was given as 624 Eleventh street, Brooklyn. The box was received by the delivering carrier on or about…
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- St. Louis, B. & M. Ry. Co. v. HicksCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
- Wheeler v. McStaySupreme Court of Iowa · 1913
- Poythress v. Durham & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1908
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