Legal Opinion
Erskine Williams Lumber Co. v. John I. Hay & Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 15, 1935No. 14798Published
1Opinion of the Court
JANVIER, Judge.
Erskine Williams Lumber Company, Inc., sues John I. Hay & Co., Inc., and Illinois Central Railroad Company, seeking solidary judgment in the sum of $1,824.50, alleging loss of the yalue of two cars of lumber because of the misdelivery thereof by the railroad company to Hay & Co. The Illinois Central Railroad Company denies that there was a misde-livery, and avers that, so far as its officials and employees could ascertain, John I. Hay & Co. was legally entitled to the delivery of the lumber.1 The railroad company also charges that the plaintiff company is estopped to claim that…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Adams Express Company v. CroningerSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co. v. RankinSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- American Railway Express Co. v. LeveeSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Commonwealth v. Peoples Express Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- McCoy v. American Express Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1930
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