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L. & N. Railroad v. Burley Tobacco Society

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided February 20, 1912PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from Bourbon Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Lassing —

Affirming.

On November 1st, 1910, two warehouses at Millers-burg,Kentucky, containing three hundred and thirty-two hogsheads of tobacco, were destroyed by fire. The tobacco was practically a total loss. These warehouses were under the control of the Burley Tobacco Society, or its branch, the Bourbon County Board of Control, and the tobacco therein had been pledged to it by the members of the Burley Society. Conceiving that the fire originated from sparks negligently thrown upon the roof of one of the houses by a passing engine, the Burley Society sued the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Connolly v. Union Sewer Pipe Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1902
  2. Commonwealth v. International Harvester Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1909
  3. Owen County Burley Tobacco Society v. BrumbackCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1908
  4. Commonwealth v. HodgesCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1910
  5. Dickerson v. Bornstein & National Concrete Construction Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1911

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Tobacco Growers Cooperative Ass'n v. JonesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1923
  2. Cooperative Assn. v. . JonesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1923
  3. Kansas Wheat Growers Ass'n v. SchulteSupreme Court of Kansas · 1923
  4. Potter v. Dark Tobacco Growers Co-Operative Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1923
  5. Louisville & N. R. v. BellCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1913

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