Toledo & Ohio Central Railway Co. v. Ambach

The above cases involve,substantially, the same questions, and are, therefore, considered together.

The defendants in error each brought an action, in the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, against the Railway Company, to recover the value of certain trunks containing merchandise, which were, while en route from Glouster, Ohio, to Williamsport and Columbus, Ohio, on the cars of said company, destroyed by fire, ensuing as the result of a collision. The defendants in error,having each recovered .judgments, it is sought by these proceedings in error to obtain a reversal of the judgments.

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