Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Rueter
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Si-iaep, J.). Plaintiff's First Prayer.—If the jury find' from the evidence that the plaintiff shipped the carload of lumber mentioned in the evidence in this case from Mechum’s River,. Virginia, to the Stirling-West Company at Locust Point, and that he sent a three-day sight draft for the purchase price to-a national bank in Baltimore, if they so find, and if they shall further find that the Stirling-West Company accepted…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Si-iaep, J.). Plaintiff's First Prayer.—If the jury find' from the evidence that the plaintiff shipped the carload of lumber mentioned in the evidence in this case from Mechum’s River,. Virginia, to the Stirling-West Company at Locust Point, and that he sent a three-day sight draft for the purchase price to-a national bank in Baltimore, if they so find, and if they shall further find that the Stirling-West Company accepted said draft and failed to pay the same, and became insolvent,, and that thereupon the plaintiff came to Baltimore and…
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
The appeal in this case is from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, the appellee, in an action of replevin against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, the appellant, and the receiver of Stirling-West Company to recover “a car of lumber.” The receiver of Stirling-West Company did not defend the suit, and judgment by default was rendered against him, but the appellant filed four pleas in which it alleged: 1, that it did not take the property of the plaintiff; 2, that at the time of the issuing of the writ the property in the goods and chattels mentioned in the declaration was in the…
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