Howard v. Illinois Central Railroad
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal from Fulton Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
*784Opinion op the Court by
Judge Carroll
— Reversing.
The appellants, Howard and Callahan, shipped from Coulterville, Illinois, to Fulton, Kentucky, a carload of mules. These mules, in course of shipment, and at Mounds, Illinois, were left standing in open pens in a cold rain for several hours, and, by reason of the exposure, a number of them were seriously injured and damaged.
To recover compensation for the loss sustained by the injuries to the stock so occurring, they brought this suit.
For answer to the petition, the railroad company, after denying negligence in the carriage of the stock, set up…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Hudson & Co. v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1894
- Hinkle v. . R. R.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1900
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. WrightSupreme Court of Kansas · 1908
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