Allam v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 78, Jan. T., 1897, by defendant, from judgment of Superior Court, Nov. T., 1896, No. 21, affirming the judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., March T., 1894, No. 1329, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit for lumber damaged in transit. Appeal from the Superior Court. See 3 Pa. Superior- Ct. 335 (1897), where most of the material facts will be found. Other facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 78, Jan. T., 1897, by defendant, from judgment of Superior Court, Nov. T., 1896, No. 21, affirming the judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., March T., 1894, No. 1329, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit for lumber damaged in transit. Appeal from the Superior Court. See 3 Pa. Superior- Ct. 335 (1897), where most of the material facts will be found. Other facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was in affirming judgment of the court of common pleas. It is not in all cases incumbent upon a carrier to give notice to a consignee of the arrival of his goods :…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Williams,
The judgment appealed from in this case was rendered by the Superior Court. Four of the learned judges of that court concurred in the judgment. Three of them dissented from it. The questions that came under consideration are of public importance ; and that they are by no means free from difficulty is shown by the wide differences of opinion entertained as to them by the members of the Superior Court. They may be stated thus : first: is it an invariable rule in this state that a common carrier must give to the consignee of goods notice of their arrival at the…
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