Legal Opinion

Adams Express Co. v. Allendale Farm, Inc.

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided March 12, 1914PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Fredericksburg in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.

1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.

In this action the Allendale Farm, Inc., obtained a judgment against the Adams Express Company for the amount of $600, for alleged injury and damage to a high bred Jersey cow bought by an agent of the plaintiff at a public sale at Rushville, Indiana, on May 25, 1912, at the price of $450, and delivered to the defendant at Rushville, Indiana, on May 29, 1912, for shipment to the plaintiff at Fredericksburg, Va. At the same time and under the same contract the plaintiff delivered to the defendant another cow for shipment, which it had also bought at said sale on May 25, 1912, and each cow was…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Reeves & McNeilSupreme Court of Virginia · 1899
  2. Baugher v. HarmanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1909
  3. Adams Express Co. v. ScottSupreme Court of Virginia · 1912

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Standard Red Cedar Chest Co. v. MonroeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1919
  2. Harris v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1922
  3. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. W. C. Crenshaw & Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1927
  4. Southern Utilities Co. v. MatthewsSupreme Court of Florida · 1922
  5. Haselden v. HamerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1917

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