Yazoo & M. V. R. R. v. Craig
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Warren county. Hon. E. L. Bbien, Judge. Suit hy Philip S. Craig and others, executors of W. C. Craig, on behalf of W. C. Craig & Co., against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Bailroad Company. Prom a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Warren county. Hon. E. L. Bbien, Judge. Suit hy Philip S. Craig and others, executors of W. C. Craig, on behalf of W. C. Craig & Co., against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Bailroad Company. Prom a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Excluding from consideration the Carmack amendment and independently of it, it is clear that the plaintiff is not entitled to recover under the decisions of this court or the decisions of the United’ States supreme court. The federal and Mississippi decisions are in…
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
This is a suit by Philip S. Craig et al., executors of W. C. Craig, on behalf of W. C. Craig & Co., against *313the Yazoo & Mississippi Yalley Eailroad Company for the loss of nine hales of cotton shipped by W. C. Craig & Co. over the Yazoo & Mississippi Yalley Eailroad to New Bedford, Mass., of the value of eight hundred forty-nine dollars and thirty cents, the cotton having been destroyed at East Freetown, Mass., a station near New Bedford, Mass.; said shipment not having been transported to New Bedford, Mass., and delivered there to plaintiffs or their order.
The railroad company filed a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. WallaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
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