Illinois Central Railroad v. Peterson
Mississippi Supreme Court
FROM the circuit court of the first district of Hinds county. HoN. J. B. ChrismaN, Judge. The appellee brought this action, against the Illinois Central Railroad Company to recover for the death of two horses, and injury to several others, resulting from the alleged carelessness and wanton negligence of the employes of said company, and their neglect of said horses while being transported over defendant’s railroad.
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FROM the circuit court of the first district of Hinds county. HoN. J. B. ChrismaN, Judge. The appellee brought this action, against the Illinois Central Railroad Company to recover for the death of two horses, and injury to several others, resulting from the alleged carelessness and wanton negligence of the employes of said company, and their neglect of said horses while being transported over defendant’s railroad. The cause was tried at the June term, 1890, of the circuit court, and resulted in a peremptory instruction to find for the defendant, but afterwards, at the same term, the court…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, C. J.
Under the special contract in evidence, and under which the appellee seeks a recovery, the defendant corporation let to appellee an entire car to be used by him in the transportation of what is denominated “ emigrant movables,” consisting, in this instance, of six horses and a lot of miscellaneous property — corn, feed-stuff, *459furniture, etc. The car was under the charge and in the care of appellee, was loaded by him at his own discretion, and was held in the defendant’s yards at Chicago, to meet appellee’s wishes, for about three days, in order to permit him to complete his load, and this…
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