Legal Opinion
Jennings v. Missouri Pac. R. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 30, 1931No. 30328PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Plaintiff has brought the present suit to recover the sum of $5,380.80 as damages resulting to 385 head of native cattle during shipment from Newellton and St. Joseph, La., over the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company to Alexandria, La.; over Morgan’s Louisiana & Texas Railroad & Steamship Company from Alexandria to Lafayette, La.; and over Louisiana Western Railroad Company from Lafayette to Kaplan, La.
Plaintiff alleges that all of defendant carriers were guilty of negligence in handling this shipment and are liable to him in damages, jointly and in solido, and prays for judgment against each…
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- McMillan v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1910
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. FriedmanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
- Southern Cotton Oil Co. v. New Orleans & N. E. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. RandleSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
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