Hurley & Son v. Norfolk & Western Ry. Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Mingo County. Action by Eli Plurley & Son against tlie Norfolk & Western Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, a'nd defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
P'OEEENBARGER, JUDGE :
Tlie defendant complains of a judgment for tlie sum of $275.37, rendered upon the verdict of a jury in an appeal from the judgment of a justice of the peace, in a civil action to recover the value of merchandise, destroyed by fire in the burning-*472of its station and warehouse at the village of Devon, on the theory of liability therefor as a carrier of goods, on the one hand, and negligence as warehousemen, on the other.
The property destroyed consisted of clothing, delivered to the defendant at Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 5th day of October, 1906, for shipment to Devon, where…
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