Pennsylvania Railroad v. Clark
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Kent County (Hopper and Adkifs, JJ.). The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtStockbridge, J.
The questions presented by this appeal are all raised by one bill of exceptions, reserved to the rulings of the trial Court upon the prayers. They involve the duty and liability of a common carrier, for injury to perishable freight, resulting from alleged delay in its transportation. Inasmuch as the first prayer of the defendant sought to withdraw the case from the consideration of the jury upon the ground of a failure of evidence to support a verdict for the plaintiff under the pleadings, a succinct statement of the case presented by the proof will tend to clarify the questions of law…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Geismer v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Blackstock v. . the New York and Erie Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad v. LehmanCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1881
- Brennisen v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
- Shockley v. Pennsylvania RailroadCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1908
3Cited by6 opinions
- The Henry W. BreyerDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1927
- Peninsula Produce Exchange v. American Railway Express Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1925
- Atlantic Fruit Co. v. Pennsylvania RailroadCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1925
- Fish v. Seaboard Air Line RailwayAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1917
- Hardesty v. American Railway Express Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1922
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