Frank Bros. & Co. v. Central Railroad
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 16, Oct. T., 1898, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., June T., 1896, No. 308, on verdict for plaintiffs. Trespass to recover the value of certain goods shipped over defendant railroad. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiffs for $313.71. Plaintiffs appealed.
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Appeal, No. 16, Oct. T., 1898, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., June T., 1896, No. 308, on verdict for plaintiffs. Trespass to recover the value of certain goods shipped over defendant railroad. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiffs for $313.71. Plaintiffs appealed. Errors assigned were (1) in withdrawing from the jury the question as to the liability of the defendant company for the goods of the plaintiffs stolen from the station at Rosenhayn, while in the physical custody of the defendant company. (2) In…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
On March 10, 1896, the defendant company received at its station at Rosenhayn, N. J., three boxes directed to one Davis Kahn, which contained material of the value of $700, to be made into clothing. The consignee resided in the village, and had previously received goods at this station a number of times, but did not make any inquiry as to these three boxes. On *132March 14, 1896, nine actions, in which Kahn was proceeded against as an absconding debtor, were instituted before a justice of the peace, and writs of attachment were issued therein, under which the three boxes of…
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