Slaughter v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM DAVIDSON. Appeal from the Chancery C'onrt of Davidson County. —John Allison, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
This bill was filed by the complainant, as receiver in bankruptcy of the Tennessee Packing & Stockyards Company, to recover from the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company the value of a car load of meat intrusted to said railroad and alleged to have been negligently handled, and lost.
The shipment was made by the packing company prior to the beginning of the bankruptcy proceedings against it, and the suit was brought prior to any adjudication of bankruptcy.
A demurrer was filed to the bill, which challenges the right of a receiver in bankruptcy to bring a suit of this character; the point…
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