Hamilton v. Chicago & Alton Railroad
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Calloway Circuit Court.—Hon. D. H. Harris, Judge. (1) Tie shipment of mules involved in this suit was from the National Stockyards, Illinois, to Mc-Credie, Missouri, an interstate shipment, and is therefore governed by the laws of the United States and not by any law of the State of Missouri. Joseph v. Railroad, 157 S. W. 837; Railroad v. Miller, 226 U. S. 513, 33 Sup. Ct. 155, 57 L. Ed.; Railroad v. Latta, 226 U. S. 519, 33 Sup.
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Appeal from Calloway Circuit Court.—Hon. D. H. Harris, Judge. (1) Tie shipment of mules involved in this suit was from the National Stockyards, Illinois, to Mc-Credie, Missouri, an interstate shipment, and is therefore governed by the laws of the United States and not by any law of the State of Missouri. Joseph v. Railroad, 157 S. W. 837; Railroad v. Miller, 226 U. S. 513, 33 Sup. Ct. 155, 57 L. Ed.; Railroad v. Latta, 226 U. S. 519, 33 Sup. Ct. 155, 57 L. Ed.; Railroad v. Carl, 227 U. S. 639, 33 Sup. Ct. 391, 57 L. Ed.; Railroad v. Harriman Bros., 227 U. S. 657, 33 Sup. Ct. 397; Cau v.…
1Opinion of the CourtTrimble, J.
This is a suit for damages alleged to have been caused by negligent delay in the shipment of a car of twenty-four head of mules from the National Stockyards in Illinois to McCredie, Missouri. Plaintiff’s charge is that by reason of the exposure of the mules, caused by the negligent delay, two of them died from pneumonia, two others contracted a disease from which they afterward recovered, though in a damaged condition, and the remaining twenty lost weight and appetite, all to plaintiff’s damage in the sum of $750.
The answer denied this and set up that the shipment was under a written contract…
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- Adams Express Company v. CroningerSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Hart v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. CarlSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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- Cau v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904
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