Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. Pope
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Holmes county. Hon. E. V. Hughston, Special Judge. Suit by W. G. Pope against the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company and others. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Appellee in his brief virtually admits that it is conclusively shown that the car in which this mule was being transported was carefully and properly handled up until it reached Mounds.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Holmes county. Hon. E. V. Hughston, Special Judge. Suit by W. G. Pope against the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company and others. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Appellee in his brief virtually admits that it is conclusively shown that the car in which this mule was being transported was carefully and properly handled up until it reached Mounds. But appellee contends that our defense must fail because he says there is no testimony as to how the car was handled in the yards at…
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
This is a suit for the recovery of the value of one mule, missing from a shipment of mules and horses from East St. Louis, Ill., to Lexington, Miss. Appellee showed that the shipment of the animals was delivered to appellant, the Illinois Central Railroad Company, in good condition, and rested his case solely on the proof of the failure to deliver the mule at Lexington.
The railroad company showed that the animals were shipped in a stock car of the best class, and that the car *346was carefully handled; that the train was properly equipped and handled, and in charge of experienced men; that there…
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