W. L. Becker & Co. v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of city of Roanoke in an action of assumpsit. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant assigns error. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentis, J.
These are the facts out of which this controversy arises: W. L. Becker, trading as W. L. Becker & Co., bought of the Griffin-Skelley Company, of Fresno, California, a carload of dried fruit and raisins, which on . October 27, 1908, was shipped by the vendor to the vendee at Roanoke. The bill of lading shows that the car was “consigned to the order Of Griffin-Skelley Company, notify W. L. Becker & Co.,' Roanoke, Va.” The vendor assigned this bill of lading to the vendee, and the company delivered the" car on the 17th day of November, 1908. It was promptly unloaded, the empty car was sent out…
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