Michigan Central Railway Co. v. Circuit Judge
Michigan Central Railway Co. v. Circuit Judge
1 McGrath 495; 35 McGrath 227
Michigan Central Railway Co. v. Circuit Judge
Opinion of the Court
To set aside an order allowing an amendment to a declaration and to strike the amended declaration from the files.
Granted October 25, 1876.
The original declaration charged the railway company as a ■common carrier, for the loss of goods shipped over its lines and’destroyed by fire while in its depot awaiting delivery to a subsequent carrier, and the amendment sought to charge the company for negligence as warehousemen.
Cause of action had become barred by the statute of limitations prior to the amendment.
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