Buckley v. Great Western Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne Circuit. This was an action brought to recover damages from the Great Western Railway Co., for the loss of certain flour destroyed by fire on the 26th day of April, 1866, while in their depot at Detroit. The following is a copy of the declaration: “State or Michigan, Wayne County.
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Error to Wayne Circuit. This was an action brought to recover damages from the Great Western Railway Co., for the loss of certain flour destroyed by fire on the 26th day of April, 1866, while in their depot at Detroit. The following is a copy of the declaration: “State or Michigan, Wayne County. Henry J. Buckley, John Stirling and Frederick Lasier, of the City of Detroit, in said county, as late partners in trade, and doing business under the name and style of Buckley & Co., plaintiffs, by D. C. Holbrook, their attorney, filing this their declaration, as commencement of suit, complain of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Graves J.
The plaintiffs by their declaration allege that at the time therein mentioned, the company were- common carriers between London, in Canada, and Detroit in Michigan, arid that being such common carriers, the plaintiffs delivered to them three hundred barrels of flour belonging to the plaintiffs of the value of $6,000 to be .safely carried and conveyed by the company from London to Detroit, and then and there by the company to be safely and securely delivered to the plaintiffs, and that the company did not nor would safely or securely carry the flour to Detroit, nor at the latter place…
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