Illinois Central Railroad v. Jackson Oil & Refining Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Hinds county. Hon. E. L. Broem, Special Judge. Suit by the Jackson Oil & Refining Company against the Illinois Central Railroad Company, begun in justice of peace court and appealed to circuit court. From a judgment there for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Hinds county. Hon. E. L. Broem, Special Judge. Suit by the Jackson Oil & Refining Company against the Illinois Central Railroad Company, begun in justice of peace court and appealed to circuit court. From a judgment there for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The only question involved in this suit is; which of the two mentioned statutes applies? The three year statute applies to Bumtyn v. B. é L. Ass’n, 86 Miss. 454; Mus grove v. Jackson, 591 Miss. 390; Young v. Bailey, 88 Miss. 362; Foote v. Farmer, 71…
1Opinion of the CourtSykes, J.
This suit originated in a justice of the peace court in Hinds county, Miss., upon the following statement of facts: On February 5, 1910, appellee (plaintiff in the court below) shipped a carload of .cotton seed from Bogue Chitto, consigned to itself at Jackson, Miss. In transit there was lost an amount of said seed whose market value is agreed to be seventy-five dollars. It is further agreed that, if the plaintiff in the court below is entitled to recover any damages whatever, then the amount of recovery is to be seventy-five dollars. The original bill . of lading issued to the appellee by…
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