Illinois Central R. v. Walker
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Clay county. Hon. T. B. Watkins, Judge. Suit by Ben Walker against the Illinois Central Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Holden, J.,
delivered the- opinion of the court.
This cause originated in the circuit court of Clay county. The declaration -was filed in that court on Dec*433ember 15, 1916. The suit is founded upon an alleged breach of the contract obligations of a shipping contract in interstate commerce, which shipping contract was made between the plaintiff in the court below and the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company for the transportation of four carloads of cattle from Wilson, a point in the state of Louisiana, to West Point, a station in the state of Mississippi. The suit is brought against the…
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