Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Robinson
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. The facts, which involve the construction of the Hepburn Act and of the Carmack Amendment, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
The defendant' in error, plaintiff below and herein so designated, brought suit in the District Court of Lincoln County, Oklahoma, to recover for damages to a race horse, the property of the plaintiff, which was shipped with other race horses from Kansas City, Missouri, to Lawrence, Kansas. Upon verdict in favor of the plaintiff, judgment was entered accordingly, which was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Oklahoma (36 Oklahoma, 435).
The plaintiff alleged that the contract of' consignment was a verbal one, made by calling up the agent of the Railway Company at Kansas City by telephone on the…
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