Legal Opinion
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Thompson Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 22, 1926No. 178PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone
The respondent, a corporation, brought suit in the Circuit Court of Cabell County, West Virginia, to recover from petitioner, a common carrier, for damage to an interstate shipment of goods. The case was twice tried. See Thompson Manufacturing Co. v. Railroad, 93 W. Va. 3. The second trial before a jury resulted in a judgment for the respondent, which was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, 99 W. Va. 670. This court granted certiorari, 267 U. S. 588. Jud. Code, § 237.
Petitioner supplied respondent, at its request, with two box cars for the transportation of a quantity…
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