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Herring v. Chesapeake & Western Railroad

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided September 17, 1903PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Rockingham county, pronounced April 18, 1901, in a suit in chancery wherein the Chesapeake & Western Railroad Company was the complainant, and the appellant and others were the defendants.

1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.

The Chesapeake & Western Railroad Company, the terminal carrier, filed its bill to enforce its lien for transportation charges on a car load of horses shipped by appellant, H. G. Herring, from Albany, Tex., to Bridgewater, Va., the amount claimed being $260.50 for transportation charges and $47.75 for feed charges, aggregating $308.25. The Horfolk & Western Railroad Company, the Southern Railroad Company, the Louisville & Hashville Railroad Company, and the Texas & Pacific Railroad Company, all connecting carriers, over whose lines the stock passed, were made defendants along with the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Railroad Co. v. ReevesSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
  2. Connell's Ex'ors v. Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1896
  3. Fowlkes v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1899
  4. McConnell v. Norfolk & Western R. R.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1889

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Rodgers v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1907
  2. The IndrapuraDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1909
  3. Seaboard Air Line Railway v. MullinSupreme Court of Florida · 1915
  4. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. BoyceCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1905
  5. Green-Wheeler Shoe Co. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1906

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