Woodlawn Farm Dairy Co. v. Erie R. R.
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
At Law. Action by the Woodlawn Farm Dairy Company against the Erie Railroad Company. On motion to strike off counterclaim.
1Opinion of the Court
WITMER, District Judge.
The plaintiff filed a statement of claim in an action of trespass, alleging that while its truck, loaded with cans of milk, was being driven with- due care across the railroad tracks of the defendant railroad company at a grade crossing, the truck was deflected by striking a hole in the road and immediately thereafter a raised plank, and that before the truck could be moved from the roadbed- a locomotive, owned and operated by the Delaware & Hudson Company, ran into and demolished it; the statement setting forth damages claimed.
The defendant filed an affidavit of…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Taylor v. Louisville & N. R.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1898
- Dushane v. BenedictSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Bennett v. ButterworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1851
- Ahl v. RhoadsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1877
- Hibert v. LangSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
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- In re Yamini Dry Goods Co.District Court, N.D. Texas · 1923