Legal Opinion
Blytheville Cotton Oil Co. v. Kurn
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 1, 1946No. 10096, 10097PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONS, Circuit Judge.
The Humko Company bought 60,000 pounds of cottonseed oil from Blytheville. It was shipped by Blytheville in a tank car provided by the purchaser, over the railway being operated by the trustees, and was lost through leakage in transit. Humko sued both the shipper and the railroad, and in a trial to the court without' a jury, Blytheville was held responsible for' the loss because of negligent loading, and the railroad wás' absolved from liability. Blytheville appeals in No. 10096; Humko, though supporting the judgment there, conceived it to be necessary to lodge a formal…
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- Alabama & V. Ry. Co. v. American Cotton Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1918
- Chambers v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1932
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