Central Vermont R. v. Soper
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. At Law. Action by John E. Soper and others against the Central Vermont Railroad Company for the loss of 3,600 bushels of grain. Verdict and judgment for plaintiffs. Defendant brings error. The bill of exceptions was as follows: This was an action lor the loss of certain grain. The plaintiffs’ declaration was in six counts.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. At Law. Action by John E. Soper and others against the Central Vermont Railroad Company for the loss of 3,600 bushels of grain. Verdict and judgment for plaintiffs. Defendant brings error. The bill of exceptions was as follows: This was an action lor the loss of certain grain. The plaintiffs’ declaration was in six counts. The defendant, by its answer, denied generally the allegations of the plaintiffs, and also claimed that the grain was being transported under Certain bills of lading, and that, by the…
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
This suit was brought against the Central Vermont Railroad Company, which was not only a common carrier from Ogdensburg towards Boston, but also proprietor of elevators at Ogdensburg, in one of which the grain of plaintiffs below was destroyed by lire, the elevator also being totally consumed. The grain was shipped August 11, 1890, at Chicago, on the barges or steamers of the Ogdensburg Transit Company, stated in the bills of lading to be bound for Ogdensburg, and there, according to the bills of lading, to be delivered to the next carrier for forwarding to the place of…
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