Franklin Trust Co. v. Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 399, Jan. T., 1907, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., March Term, 1906, No. 3,328, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Franklin Trust Company v. Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for losses occasioned by relying on bills of exchange which represented no goods delivered by the carrier.
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Appeal, No. 399, Jan. T., 1907, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., March Term, 1906, No. 3,328, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Franklin Trust Company v. Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for losses occasioned by relying on bills of exchange which represented no goods delivered by the carrier. Before Sulzberger, P. J. The court charged in part as follows : [The plaintiff claims that it was induced to believe that the accounts were true and existent, and that the buyers had got the goods, by the certificates of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
The record in this case discloses a most unusual state of affairs. It appears that the factory of the R. E. F. Binz Carpet Corporation was located at Glen Riddle, Pa., and its manufactured product was shipped on the railroad of the defendant company, from Glen Riddle station. The method of shipping was as follows: When goods were ready for delivery to the railroad, to be transported, the consignor made out a shipping order, containing a description of the articles to be shipped, the name of the consignee, and the destination. This was handed to the agent of the…
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