Louisville N. R. Co. v. Strickland

The action is for a breach of contract for the shipment of live stock from a point in Wilcox county, Ala., on the line of the appellant Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company to Cook’s Station, Montgomery county, Ala., on the line of appellant Western Railway of Alabama. Each of the appellants separately filed a plea in abatement. That of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company is based upon the claim that the action is under section 10045 of the Code, and that section provides that such suit shall be filed in the county of the delivery, which was not done. Neither the complaint nor the…