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PENNSYLVANIA R.R. CO. v. CARR

No. 578.

243 U.S. 587 (1917)

37 S.Ct. 472

61 L.Ed. 914

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. CARR ET AL., PARTNERS, DOING BUSINESS AS ISAAC W. CARR & COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 30, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frederic D. McKenney, with whom Mr. Albert C. Wall, Mr. John A. Hartpence and Mr. John Spalding Flannery were on the briefs, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Edward P. Stout, with whom Mr. George S. Hobart was on the briefs, for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

Action in seven counts praying for damages caused by delay in the delivery of certain watermelons received for shipment and accepted by an initial carrier at certain places in the State of Georgia to be transported to Jersey City, New Jersey, and transferred in good condition to defendant's line at Edgemoor, Delaware, a point on the route.

A violation of the contract of carriage is charged in that the...

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