Legal Opinion
McGuire v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 14, 1923PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWest, J.
This writ of error is to a judgment upon a verdict for the defendant in a suit by F. J. McGuire against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, for the wrongful conversion of a carload of freight.
The plaintiff was engaged in the business of grading and improving public roads and streets. The defendant is a common carrier engaged in intrastate and interstate commerce.
On August 16, 1921, the plaintiff loaded a flat car at Tarboro, North Carolina, with his “contractor’s outfit,” including one automobile truck, for Silk Mill siding, on the Norfolk and Western Railway at Norfolk, Virginia. The…
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