L. R., M. R. & T. Ry. v. Talbot & Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Jefferson Circuit Court. Hon. W. M. Harrison, Special Judge. The law of this case was settled on the former appeal, jp Ark., 527. This case is within the ruling of this court in L. R., M. R. & T. Ry. v. Harper & Wilson, ‡‡ Ark., 20p. The court there reversed the judgment against the appellant, on the ground that there was no evidence tending to prove negligence on its part.
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APPEAL from Jefferson Circuit Court. Hon. W. M. Harrison, Special Judge. The law of this case was settled on the former appeal, jp Ark., 527. This case is within the ruling of this court in L. R., M. R. & T. Ry. v. Harper & Wilson, ‡‡ Ark., 20p. The court there reversed the judgment against the appellant, on the ground that there was no evidence tending to prove negligence on its part. The goods, for the value of which this suit was brought, were destroyed at the same time as were the goods involved in the case cited, and the evidence as to the origin of the fire is substantially the same in…
1Opinion of the CourtBattue, J.
This is the second appeal taken to this court in this action. The substance of the complaint and answer is stated in the opinion of this court delivered when it was here before, as appears in 39 Ark., 526. By reference to that opinion it will be seen that it is an action for the value of goods received by the Little Rock, Mississippi River and Texas Railway Company, at Arkansas City, under three bills of lading, for transportation to plaintiffs, John H. Talbot & Co., at Pine Bluff; that two of these bills of lading contain clauses which exempt defendant from liability for loss of the goods by…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Railroad Co. v. ReevesSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
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