Louisville & N. R. R. v. Elmore
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court- Heard before Hon. S. L. Brewer. Action by Elmore & Brame doing business, etc., against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company to recover interest on a claim which had been paid. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court- Heard before Hon. S. L. Brewer. Action by Elmore & Brame doing business, etc., against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company to recover interest on a claim which had been paid. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. A brief statement of facts is as follows: On December 8, 1911, the plaintiffs were the owners of thirty bales of cotton which were entrusted to the Louisville & Nashville Rairoad Company for shipment and on said date the cotton was burned. Plaintiffs immediately made claim against the company through its proper-authorities for the…
1Opinion of the CourtPelham, J.
The original suit was brought on account and account stated by the appellees in the inferior court of Montgomery county, to recover of the appellant the interest alleged to be due on a claim for $1,249.15 that had been paid to the former by the latter for cotton burned, while in possession of appellant as a common carrier. The case was carried by appeal from the inferior court to the circuit court, where it-was tried by the judge without the intervention of a jury, and resalted in a finding and judgment for the *630plaintiffs (appellees) for $34, being tbe amount of interest from December 8,…
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- Fuller v. . KempNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- Stewart v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Bennett v. Federal Coal & Coke Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1912
- Wescott v. WallerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1872
- Hunnicutt Lumber Co. v. Mobile & Ohio R. R.Alabama Court of Appeals · 1911
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