Alsop v. Southern Express Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Penalty — Common Carrier — Express Companies — Statute— Reasonable Regulations — Consignor and Consignee. Civil action, brought in the Court of a Justice of the Peace to recover a penalty of fifty dollars, under the provision of section 1964 of The Code, and heard, on appeal, by the Superior Court of Halifax County, before MacRae, J., on the following case agreed: 1. The defendant is a common carrier and transportation company, duly chartered and doing business in the State…
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Penalty — Common Carrier — Express Companies — Statute— Reasonable Regulations — Consignor and Consignee. Civil action, brought in the Court of a Justice of the Peace to recover a penalty of fifty dollars, under the provision of section 1964 of The Code, and heard, on appeal, by the Superior Court of Halifax County, before MacRae, J., on the following case agreed: 1. The defendant is a common carrier and transportation company, duly chartered and doing business in the State of North Carolina 2. That, on the 9th day of January, 1889, the plaintiff tendered to the defendant’s agent at Halifax…
1Opinion of the Court
1. The defendant is a common carrier and transportation company, duly chartered and doing business in the State of North Carolina.
2. That on 9 January, 1889, the plaintiff tendered to the defendant's agent at Halifax (a regular station on the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Company's line, from which the defendant company shipped freight by express), whose duty it was to receive freight and money at said station for shipment, the sum of $70, in money, for shipment by said company to Battleboro, a station at which there was an express office and agent, and the agent declined to receive the same…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Branch v. Wilmington & Weldon RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1877
- Condict v. Grand Trunk Railway CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Marshall v. WellsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1859
- Witbeck v. . HollandNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Texas Express Co. v. Texas & Pacific Ry. Co.United States Circuit Court · 1881
3Cited by15 opinions
- Reynolds v. Adams Express Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1916
- Garrison v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1909
- State v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1941
- United States Express Co. v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1905
- United States Express Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
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