Davis v. L. N. Dantzler Lumber Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from chancery court of Harrison county. Hon. D. M. Watkins, Chancellor. Suit by the L. N. Dantzler Lumber Company against James C. Davis, Director General and Agent, with the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company and others as garnishees. Judgment for plaintiff, and the Director General appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
The appellee filed suit against the Texas & Pacific Railway Company as defendant, and various other railroad companies doing business and operating through the state' of Mississippi as garnishees. Among the railroad companies so made defendants for the purpose of garnishments *814was the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company. The suit grows out of an injury to a shipment of cattle from Ft. Worth, Tex., to a station in Harrison county, Miss., on the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad. Said bill of lading evidencing said shipment Avas dated October 10,1917. During the time the cattle were in transit some of them…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- McNulta v. LochridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Gracie v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1823
- L. N. Dantzler Lumber Co. v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1919
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- National Foods, Inc. v. FriedrichMississippi Supreme Court · 1935
- New Jersey Shipbuilding & Dredging Co. v. DavisDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1923
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