PARROT v. WELLS, FARGO & CO.


82 U.S. 524 (1872)

15 Wall. 524

PARROT v. WELLS, FARGO & CO.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. R.M. Corwine and B.R. Curtis (with whom was Mr. Quinton Corwine), for the plaintiff in error:

Mr. S.M. Wilson (who argued the case thoroughly on the precedents, English and American), contra.


Mr. Justice FIELD, after stating the facts of the case, delivered the opinion of the court, as follows:

It appears from the record that the court finds, that neither the defendants, nor any of their employés, nor any of the employés of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, who had anything to do with the case of nitro-glycerine, knew the contents of the case, or had any means of such knowledge, or had any reason to...

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