Southern Express Co. v. Jacobs
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the .Circuit Court of Warren county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
The business of the defendant in error was to buy in Virginia a class of horses capable of development, and ship them to his stables near the city, of New York, there to be trained and developed and resold at high prices. Under a contract with the plaintiff in error, a common carrier, he shipped by express a carload of horses from a station in Clarke county, Virginia, to Rye, H. Y., where his stables were located. This suit was brought to recover of the plaintiff in error damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by this shipment of horses as a result of the negligence of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Martin's Administrator v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Shadrack's adm'r v. WoolfolkSupreme Court of Virginia · 1880
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. WilkinsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1907
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- Stepp v. State Road CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1929
- Wickham & Northrop v. GreenSupreme Court of Virginia · 1910
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