Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Martin

This action was brought by Martin and Porter, hereinafter called plaintiffs, against the defendant railway company, to recover damages for an alleged misdelivery of a carload shipment of potatoes. The defendant demurred to the evidence, the court overruled the demurrer and rendered judgment for the plaintiffs, and to that judgment this writ of error was awarded.

The material facts are these: In the fall of 1925, the plaintiffs, who were residents of New Kent and James City counties, respectively, were associated as partners in the sale and purchase of potatoes. They had contracted to purchase…