Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Grant & Richardson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Cotirt of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon. John P. Hubbard. (Statement of facts by Haralson, J.) “The plaintiffs below, Grant and Richardson, sued the L. & N. Railroad Company for damages, ‘for the failure of defendant to convey safely and securely, and to deliver safely and without injury, 27 horses, the property of plaintiffs, and which were received by defendant as a common carrier, to be delivered by the defendant to plaintiffs, at the city of…
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Appeal from the Circuit Cotirt of Montgomery. Tried before the Hon. John P. Hubbard. (Statement of facts by Haralson, J.) “The plaintiffs below, Grant and Richardson, sued the L. & N. Railroad Company for damages, ‘for the failure of defendant to convey safely and securely, and to deliver safely and without injury, 27 horses, the property of plaintiffs, and which were received by defendant as a common carrier, to be delivered by the defendant to plaintiffs, at the city of Montgomery, in the State of Alabama, for a reward;’ and the further averments are, ‘that the defendant failed to convey…
1Opinion of the CourtHabalson, J.
The proof shows that the _St. Louis & San Francisco Bailway Company, which received the carload of horses involved in this litigation, has through connection from Oswego, Kansas, to Montgomery, Alabama, connecting with the Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Bailroad Company at Birmingham, and that road had one with the defendant’s road at that point.
The plaintiff introduced and read in evidence, without objection on the part of defendant, a contract of affreightment, made by plaintiffs with the St. Louis & San Francisco Bailwav Company, to transport this car of stock from Oswego, Kansas, on…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- South & North Alabama Railroad v. HenleinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
- Western Railway Co. v. HarwellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. Smitha & ChastainSupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
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- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Gerson & SonsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893