Michigan Supreme Court, 1876

Michigan Central Railway Co. v. Circuit Judge

Michigan Central Railway Co. v. Circuit Judge
Michigan Supreme Court · Decided October 25, 1876
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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