Norfolk & Western R. R. Co. v. Read

Citations

• 87 Va. 185
• 12 S.E. 395
• 1890 Va. LEXIS 108

Syllabus

<p>1. Carriers—Connecting lines—Agents—Estoppel.—Where contract for transportation of goods over connecting lines of railway is made with one railway company as agent of the other, and the latter company transports the goods and at .the end of the trip presents a bill for the charges, it cannot, when sued for injury to the goods by its servants, deny the agency.</p> <p>2. Idem—Right of action—Assignability.—A right of action against a common carrier for injury to goods while in course of transportation is assignable.</p> <p>8. Idem—Feme’s suit—Assignment—Husband as witness.—Pending suit by man and wife against common carrier for injury to her goods whilst in course of transportation, the plaintiffs for value without recourse, by deed, assigned the right of action to her father, for whose benefit and at whose costs the suit continued to be prosecuted: held, the husband was a competent witness at the trial in behalf of the assignee.</p>