Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Hayes
Indiana Supreme Court
Prom Decatur Circuit Court; Marshall Hacker, Judge. Action by Cephas S. Hayes and others against The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company. Prom a judgment for plaintiffs, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMyers, J.
This was an action by appellees against appellant for damages alleged to have been sustained upon shipment of a carload of mules from Greensburgh, Indiana, to Atlanta, Georgia, January 14, 1907. The complaint is in four paragraphs. The first and third count upon a common-law liability, while the second and fourth count upon a shipment under a written contract made an exhibit of each of those paragraphs. No question is presented as to the complaint.
Appellant filed answer in five paragraphs, four of which were affirmative, the first being in general denial, and to the fourth and fifth…
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