Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Reeves & McNeil
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Smytli county, rendered December 15, 1898, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the defendants in error were the plaintiffs, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
Defendants in error, trading' as Eeeves & McNeil, brought their action in the Circuit Court of Smyth county against the Norfolk and Western Eailway Company upon five several and separate contracts, or bills of lading, for the carriage of live stock from Marion, Va. Eive of the car loads of stock were consigned to the shippers themselves. There were two car loads of sheep and one of cattle billed for Philadelphia, Pa.; one of cattle billed for Lancaster, Pa.; and another of sheep for Norfolk, *286Ya. The sheep and cattle so shipped were loaded on the cars at Marion, late in the evening of December…
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