Wright v. Midland Valley Railroad
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court, Greenwood District; Daniel Hon, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. In July, 1907, certain fruit growers living near Greenwood, in Sebastian County, Arkansas, delivered to the Midland Valley Railroad Company for shipment, on different dates, three cars of peaches consigned to Adam Miller, in the city of New York.
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Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court, Greenwood District; Daniel Hon, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. In July, 1907, certain fruit growers living near Greenwood, in Sebastian County, Arkansas, delivered to the Midland Valley Railroad Company for shipment, on different dates, three cars of peaches consigned to Adam Miller, in the city of New York. When the peaches arrived at their destination a considerable portion of them was rotten, and on that account had greatly deteriorated in value. Three separate suits were brought by the consignee and the consignors against the railroad company to…
1Opinion of the Court
Hart, J.,
(after stating the facts). It is first insisted by counsel for plaintiffs that the court erred in suppressing the deposition of Adam Miller, the person to whom the peaches were consigned. The transcript shows that the court, after hearing the testimony offered in support of and against the motion to suppress, suppressed the deposition of Adam Miller, to which ruling the plaintiffs at the time excepted and asked that their exceptions be noted of record, which was accordingly done. Then follows a call in the bill of exceptions for the clerk to copy the deposition of Adam Miller. There…
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