Hoffman & Thomas v. Cumberland Valley Railroad
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Washington County (Stake, J.)
1Opinion of the CourtBriscoe, J.
This is an action brought in the Circuit Court for Washington County by the appellants, Hoffman and Thomas, against the appellee, The Cumberland Valley Railroad Company, to recover damages caused by delay in the transportation of seven carloads of peaches shipped at Hagerstown, Md., in September, 1895, and directed to the consignees in New York. The line of the defendant’s road ends at Harrisburg, in the State of Pennsylvania, and at that place in the usual course of business freight for New York is delivered to the Pa. R. R. Co., a connecting carrier. The delay complained of in this case…
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