Legal Opinion
Walton Land & Timber Co. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided July 7, 1916PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Writ of Error to Circuit Court, Walton County; D. J. Jones, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
—The plaintiff in error brought suit in Circuit Court for Walton County against the defendant in error to recover damages for the loss of a mule by death, which was shipped by the plaintiff in a car loaded with other live stock over the defendant’s railroad from Horse Cave, Kentucky, to DeFuniak Springs, Florida.
The amended declaration, which was filed in May, 1913, alleged that the defendant was a common carrier of live stock by rail and that it undertook as a common carrier for a valuable consideration paid by the plaintiff to the defendant to transport from Horse Cave, Kentucky, to…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Myers v. HodgesSupreme Court of Florida · 1907
- Holland v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1897
- Terre Haute & Logansport Railroad v. SherwoodIndiana Supreme Court · 1892
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. CoachmanSupreme Court of Florida · 1910
- Moore v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1911
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Atlantic Coast Line R. R. Co. v. Farris Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1933
- Charlotte Harbor & Northern Railway Co. v. OrchardSupreme Court of Florida · 1917
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. v. CowartSupreme Court of Florida · 1939
- United States Gypsum Co. v. Columbia Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1936