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ACE FREIGHT FORWARDING CO. v. BALTIMORE & OHIO R. CO.

No. 3437-3438.

202 A.2d 649 (1964)

ACE FREIGHT FORWARDING COMPANY, Inc., Appellant, v. The BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellee. The BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. ACE FREIGHT FORWARDING COMPANY, Inc., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 17, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton M. Burke, Washington, D. C., for Ace Freight Forwarding Co., Inc.

Laidler B. Mackall, Washington, D. C., for The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. John R. Stafford, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges.

MYERS, Associate Judge:

On December 13, 1961, Ace Freight Forwarding Company, Inc., filed suit against The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to recover for seven shipments of used household goods allegedly lost or damaged by the carrier in transit. When B. & O. took no steps to defend for over thirty days, Ace obtained, on January 18, 1962, a judgment by default for $1,109.76, the full amount claimed as damages. About thirteen months later, on March 18, 1963...

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