H. C. Powell Music Co. v. Parkersburg Transfer & Storage Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Wood County. Action by the II. C. Powell Music Company against the Parkersburg Transfer & Storage Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Robinson, PREsident :
Twenty pianos stored by plaintiff in defendant’s warehouse at Parkersburg were caught by the waters of an unprecedented flood .in the Ohio River. In this action, upon the charge that the pianos were wholly lost to plaintiff by reason of the failure.of defendant to exercise ordinary care to protect the property, plaintiff has recovered a judgment for $3,500.00, from which defendant brings error.
As grounds of the general assignment that the court erred in refusing to set aside the verdict of the jury and grant a new trial, it is'submitted; (1) that the verdict was contrary…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- State v. DoddsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1903
- Atkinson v. Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1914
- State v. CottrillWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1902
- Carolina Rice Co. v. West Point Mill Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1914
3Cited by5 opinions
- Brace v. Salem Cold Storage, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1961
- Curfman v. Monongahela West Penn Public Service Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1932
- Merchants Ice & Cold Storage Co. v. United Produce Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1939
- Frazier v. Grace Hospital, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1936
- Bucklin v. NarkwichSupreme Court of Vermont · 1936