Simmons Hardware Co. v. Southern Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri;. Charles B. Earis, Judge. Action at law by the Simmons Hardware Company against the Southern Railway Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
TRIEBER, District Judge.
This is an action by the plaintiff in error to recover the value of certain goods of the plaintiff and its ass gnors, delivered to the defendant and accepted by it as a connecting common carrier, to be transported to St. Louis, Mo., which by reason of its negligence were never delivered.
The answer, in addition to a general denial; pleaded that the shipments set out in the complaint were delivered to the initial carrier under and subject to the terms and conditions of the uniform bill of lading, in the form prescribed by the provisions of the Interstate Commerce Acts…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Hart v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. EarnestSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- York Company v. Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Union Pacific Railroad v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- McDermott v. SevereSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
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