Legal Opinion
Orndorff & Co. v. Adams Express Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided February 4, 1867PublishedCited by 7 opinions
0ASE 60 — PETIT;t0N ORDINARY — APPEAL FROM LOSAN CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— . . 1 Bibb, 403 ; 2 Bibb, 265. 3 Dana, 501; 12 B. Mon., 104. CITED— 2 Duvall, 562; Adams Express Co. vs. Nock.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE WILLIAMS
delivered the opinion of the court:
This was an action by appellants against appellees for non-delivery on the following
“ FREIGHT RECEIPT-WESTERN.
“The Adams Express Company, Great Eastern, Western, and Southern Express Forwarders:
Louisville, August 31st, 1861.
“ Received of Low & Whitney eight boxes boots and shoes, marked J. G. Orndoff & Co., Adairsville, Kentucky, to be forwarded to Russellville only. It is further agreed, and is part of the consideration of this contract, that the Adams Express Company are not to be responsible, except as forwarders, for any loss or damage…
2Cited by7 opinions
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- Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. v. SelbyIndiana Supreme Court · 1874
- Maslin v. B. & O. R. R.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1878
- Brown v. Arams Express Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1879
- Adams Express Co. v. WalkerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1904
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