Legal Opinion
Penn State Laundry Co. v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 17, 1955No. Civ. A. 9872PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN L. MILLER, District Judge.
This is a motion by plaintiff for new trial. The action against defendant, an interstate common carrier, is for damages sustained by plaintiff’s machinery which had been shipped via the defendant carrier. At the conclusion of the testimony, defendant moved for a directed verdict upon the grounds (1) that no notice in writing of its claim was given by plaintiff to defendant within nine months after delivery, (2) that plaintiff had failed to make out a case against defendant, and (3) that there was no evidence to support a finding of negligence on defendant’s part…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. MartinSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. StarbirdSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Gooch v. Oregon Short Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Lehigh Valley R. Co. v. State of RussiaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1927
- Southern Pacific R. Co. v. StewartSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Perini-North River Associates, a Corporation v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company and Penn Central Transportation CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- East Texas Motor Freight Lines v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Thayer v. Pacific Electric Railway Co.California Supreme Court · 1961
- Conagra, Inc. v. Burlington Northern, Inc.District Court, D. Nebraska · 1977
- Bethlehem Steel Corp. v. Artim Transportation System, Inc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1982
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