Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Knox
Indiana Supreme Court
Prom Miami Circuit Court; Joseph N. Tilleit, Judge. Action by John Knox against tbe Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Eailway Company. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals. (Transferred from the Appellate Court under §1405 Burns 1908, Acts 1901 p. 590.)
1Opinion of the CourtMyers, J.
Appellee and his copartner, Houck, by a complaint in five paragraphs, instituted this action against appellant as a common carrier. The first and second paragraphs alleged the ownership of two carloads of corn, of 992 and 974 bushels, respectively, the entry into a written contract with appellant, a common carrier—which contract is made an exhibit of each paragraph—for the shipment of the corn from Converse, Indiana, to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, consigned to their order, with written directions in the bill of lading to notify Daniel McCaffrey & Sons, their agents, and paid the freight…
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- Blackwood v. Cutting Packing Co.California Supreme Court · 1888
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