Hestle v. Louisville N. R. Co.
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Monroe Coun* ty; Ben D. Turner, Judge. Action by Mrs. Mattie Emma Hestle against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company for damages for failure to deliver a trunk and its contents. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSamford, J.
The plaintiff purchased of the defendant’s agent a ticket from Beatrice, a regular station on defendant’s railroad, to Monroe, another station ort the same line about 16 miles distant. On this ticket the plaintiff delivered to the defendant a trunk and its contents, as baggage, to be transported to the point of her destination and for delivery to her there. The defendant issued a check to the plaintiff for the trunk, but the trunk has never been delivered. The coffP plaint claims damages of the defendant, both as a carrier and as a warehouseman. The ease was tried on the plea of the general…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Pace v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
- Seals v. EdmondsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
- Boshell v. CunninghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1907
- Louisville N. R. Co. v. HestleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Spreitler v. Louisville & N. R.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1941