Mobile & Ohio Railroad v. Greenwald
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Lauderdale county. Hon. Jno. L. Buckley, Judge. . Suit by Greenwald & Champenois 'against tbe Mobile & Obio Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in tbe opinion of tbe court.
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
Appellees obtained judgment for two hundred and fifteen dollars against appellant for damages to a mule occurring in its transportation from Tupelo to Meridian. The suit was filed against the Mobile & Ohio Bailroad Company and the St. Louis & San Francisco Bailroad Company, jointly, for actual damages to the mule, one hundred and ninety dollars, and for twenty-five dollars damages for the failure of the railroad company to settle the claim for damages within the time prescribed by chapter 196 of the Laws of 1908.
To this declaration a demurrer was interposed, upon the grounds: (a) The circuit…
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