Sanderson v. Lamberton
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. THIS was an action against Sanderson the testator, on the custom as a common carrier, for not delivering to Lamberton a barrel of castor hats, which in consideration of , ,. , , _ two dollars, he had agreed to carry from Philadelphia to Carlisle. The suit was instituted in the Common Pleas of Cumberland, and during its pendency Sanderson died, and ,. , 1 Xus executor was made a party, by scire Jacios.
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IN ERROR. THIS was an action against Sanderson the testator, on the custom as a common carrier, for not delivering to Lamberton a barrel of castor hats, which in consideration of , ,. , , _ two dollars, he had agreed to carry from Philadelphia to Carlisle. The suit was instituted in the Common Pleas of Cumberland, and during its pendency Sanderson died, and ,. , 1 Xus executor was made a party, by scire Jacios. In this Court -it was argued upon the following special verdict, on which the Court below gave judgment for the plaintiff, “ The jurors empannelled and sworn to try the issue “ joined…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
Upon the special verdict in this case, it appears that Lamberton the plaintiff below, having a barrel containing twelve castor hats in Philadelphia, which he wished to be conveyed to Carlisle, the place of his residence, agreed with John Semple a common carrier for the carriage of them. Semple without the knowledge of Lamberton, contracted with another carrier of the name of John Chambers for the carriage. Chambers, having received the barrel from the house of Benjamin Scull in Philadelphia, where it was deposited, delivered it to Robert Sanderson, who was also a common carrier,…
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