Leidy v. Quaker City Cold Storage & Warehouse Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 452, Jan. T., 1896, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1894, No. 329, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass to recover damages for the negligence, of defendant, causing injury by mould and decay to plaintiff’s chickens and squabs stored in á cold storage warehouse.
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Appeal, No. 452, Jan. T., 1896, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1894, No. 329, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass to recover damages for the negligence, of defendant, causing injury by mould and decay to plaintiff’s chickens and squabs stored in á cold storage warehouse. Before Wilson, J. At the trial the contract under which the goods were stored was shown by one of the receipts offered in evidence which was as follows: THE QUAKER CITY COLD STORAGE AND WAREHOUSE COMPANY. Delaware Avenue, Spruce and Water Streets. Warehouse Receipt. No. 2993. Philadelphia,…
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Opinion by
Mr. Justice Green,
The question at issue in this ease was a question of pure fact, to wit, negligence of the defendant in caring for the plaintiff’s goods while in their custody. The principal facts of the case are not in controversy. That is, the fact that the plaintiff did deliver to the defendant a large quantity of chickens and squabs in September, 1893, for preservation by means of cold storage, and the fact that when these goods were removed in the early part of the year 1894, a very considerable part of them was seriously injured by mould and decay, are well established by…
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