PENNSYLVANIA R.R. CO. v. OLIVIT BROS.

No. 577.

243 U.S. 574 (1917)

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. OLIVIT BROTHERS.

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 defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a consolidation of actions, each action expressed in a number of counts and each count praying for the recovery of the sum of $500 for a carload of watermelons received, as it is alleged, and accepted by the railroad company to be transported and delivered within a reasonable time to plaintiff at Jersey City, New Jersey...

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