Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1911

Vervaeke v. Adams Express Co.

Vervaeke v. Adams Express Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided March 20, 1911 · Abt, Elkin, Fell, Mestbezat, Potteb, Stew
230 Pa. 647; 79 A. 764; 1911 Pa. LEXIS 663

Vervaeke v. Adams Express Co.

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

Leave to amend the statement of claim was properly *651allowed for the reasons stated in the opinion of the learned judge of the common pleas, making absolute the plaintiff’s rule for that purpose. The question whether the rule of law in this state, which prohibits a common carrier from limiting its liability for negligence, is abrogated by the Interstate Commerce Act, was decided at the trial in accordance with Wright v. Adams Express Co., 43 Pa. Superior Ct. 40, the judgment in which case we have affirmed in an opinion handed down with this, ante, p. 635.

The judgment is affirmed.

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