Legal Opinion
Little Rock Packing Co. v. Chicago, B. & Q. R.
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided October 23, 1953No. Nos. 7204, 7205, 7872PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIDGE, District Judge.
The above-entitled actions were consolidated for trial and are presently before the Court for decision on the merits.
Plaintiffs herein individually seek recovery for a substantial number of cattle which were lost during the Kansas City flood of July 13, 1951, allegedly due to defendant’s negligence. Defendant, though denying liability, brings a third-party proceeding, seeking indemnity against the third-party defendants, the Kansas City Stock Yards Company and the Kansas City Connecting Railroad, for any and all damages which might be assessed against it, if recovery is…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Southern Railway Co. v. PrescottSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Railroad Co. v. ReevesSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- Railroad Co. v. Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Transportation Company v. DownerSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Empire State Cattle Co. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
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3Cited by4 opinions
- B. C. Truck Lines, Inc. v. Pilot Freight Carriers, Inc.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1963
- Gold Star Meat Company v. Union Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
- Hardy v. Kansas CityMissouri Court of Appeals · 1955
- Firpine Products Co. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1954