Legal Opinion

Jolly v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

California Court of Appeal

Decided March 5, 1913No. Civ. No. 1145PublishedCited by 5 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco and from an order refusing a new trial. George A. Sturtevant, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

MURPHEY, J., pro tem.

This is an appeal from the final judgment in favor of the respondent and from an order denying appellant’s motion for a new trial.

The action was brought to recover damages accruing because of injury by fire to certain goods while said goods were yet in a freight car belonging to appellant. The plaintiff is the assignee of certain insurance companies that li quidated the claim for damages made by the George H. Tay Company, the consignee of the goods. This merchandise came into the possession of the appellant as a common carrier at Denver, Colorado, having been shipped to…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Hooper v. Wells, Fargo & Co.California Supreme Court · 1864
  2. Pierce v. Southern Pacific Co.California Supreme Court · 1898
  3. Pope v. NickersonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1844
  4. Hughes v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
  5. Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Wichita Wholesale Grocery Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1895

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Bers v. . Erie R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1919
  2. Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. Nichols & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
  3. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Wilson & Toomer Fertilizer Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1925
  4. McClure v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1919
  5. Yazoo & M. V. R. R. v. Nichols & Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1919

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