Dobransky v. Adams Express Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 318, Oct. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of the Municipal Court of Philadelphia, Dec. T., 1918, No. 576, for plaintiff in the case tried by the court Avithout a jury in suit of Paul Dobransky v. Adams Express Company. Assumpsit to recover the value of goods lost while in the custody of an express company. Before Crane, J., without a jury. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 318, Oct. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of the Municipal Court of Philadelphia, Dec. T., 1918, No. 576, for plaintiff in the case tried by the court Avithout a jury in suit of Paul Dobransky v. Adams Express Company. Assumpsit to recover the value of goods lost while in the custody of an express company. Before Crane, J., without a jury. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court entered judgment for plaintiff for $150. Defendant appealed. Error assigned ivas order of the court overruling defendant’s motion for judgment non obstante veredicto.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Keller, J.,
Plaintiff sued defendant for the value of a trunk and contents shipped by him from Ansonia, Connecticut, to Philadelphia, and never delivered. A jury trial was waived. The trial judge found in favor of the plaintiff for $144.85, which, on opinion filed was increased to $150, the value stated in defendant’s shipping receipt, and judgment entered accordingly. Defendant appealed and assigns as error the refusal of the court below to enter judgment in its favor.
Defendant contended that judgment should have been entered for it, because, it alleges, there was no evidence that…
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