Louisville & N. R. v. Montgomery
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM LOUDEN. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Loudon County.— Hugh Gr. Kyle, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
In this action a question arises as to the liability of the railroad company for the loss, by reason of delays in transportation, of live stock shipped from Jena,. Tenn., to Cincinnati, Ohio, under a limited liability contract of shipment, one of the clauses of which is as follows:
£ 2 Said shipper hereby releases said carrier from all liability for and on account of any and all injury or injuries which the said animals, or any of them, may receive, in consequence of any of them being vicious, wild, unruly, or weak; . . . and also from all damage or injury or loss which may be sustained by…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hinkle v. . R. R.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1900
- Hinkle, Craig & Co. v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1900
- Libby v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1909
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. SmithTennessee Supreme Court · 1910
- Muir v. MissouriMissouri Court of Appeals · 1913
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Alton v. Mineral Point & Northern Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1921