Legal Opinion
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. F. H. Stannard & Co.
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided February 10, 1917No. 20,624PublishedCited by 14 opinions
Appeal from Franklin district court; Charles A. Smart, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Dawson, J.:
The plaintiff sued for the freight charges on certain nursery stock shipped by defendant from Ottawa, Kan., to Chestnut Hill, Pa., consigned to the Andora Nursery Company. The latter refused to accept the shipment and declined to pay the freight charges.
The defendant filed a general denial, and answered further with a full statement of the transaction :
“That the plaintiff received such shipment as agent for the said consignee, The Andora Nursery Company and the Andora Nursery Company became primarily liable for the payment of the freight…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway Co. v. New Albany Box & Basket Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1911
- Portland Flouring Mills Co. v. British & Foreign Marine Ins.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1904
- Union Pacific Railroad v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Kansas · 1915
- Kirby v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Kansas · 1915
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. La DueAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Central Iron & Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
- New York Central Railroad v. Warren Ross Lumber Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1922
- Cleveland C., C. & St. L. Ry. Co. v. Southern Coal & Coke Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1922
- New York Central Railroad v. Frank H. Buck Co.California Supreme Court · 1935
- New York Central Railroad v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1918
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