Legal Opinion
Pennsylvania Railroad v. Edson Bros.
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Decided February 26, 1927No. 1105Published
1Opinion of the Court
Taulane, J.,
The verdict was for the defendants, and the plaintiff moves for judgment non obstante veredicto.
On Feb. 21, 1922, Emerson and Overstreet delivered to the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fé Railway Company at Ballinger, Texas, 423 cases of eggs for shipment to themselves at Philadelphia. The eggs were shipped in car 7255 SFRD, and Emerson and Overstreet received from the railway company a straight, or non-negotiable, bill of lading, dated Feb. 21, 1923, wherein they were named as consignees.
On Feb. 23, 1922, Emerson and Overstreet notified Nice and Sehreiber by letter that the eggs had…
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- Pere Marquette Railway Co. v. J. F. French & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Hallgarten v. OldhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
- Lonzer v. Lehigh Valley RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
- Walters v. American Bridge Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
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