McHenry Horse Exchange v. Illinois Cent. R. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Action by the McHenry Horse Exchange against the Illinois Central Railroad Company and another. A judgment for defendant was set aside, and judgment for plaintiff entered by Court of Appeal. John Barton Payne, Director General of Railroads, applies for certiorari or writ of review.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
The defendant railroad company complains of a final judgment of the Court of Appeal for the Parish of Orleans condemning it to pay $90 for the loss of a mare, which the plaintiff alleges “was lost or wrongly carried in transit, and never had been delivered to petitioner, notwithstanding amicable demand/’ in coming from St. Louis to New Orleans. The mare was in a lot of 22 horses shipped at one. time in the same car. Twenty-one of these horses were delivered to plaintiff in good order and condition. The mare was found dead in tbe car while the train was en route through the state of…
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- Lehman, Stern & Co. v. Morgan's Louisiana & Texas R. & S. S. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
- J. D. Simms & Sons v. New Orleans & N. E. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
- Maxwell v. Southern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1895
- Darrall v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1895
- Roberts v. RileySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1860
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