Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided November 9, 1903PublishedCited by 7 opinions
On appeal from the First District Court of the city of Newark.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Swayze, J.
The plaintiff, a dealer in live stock, shipped from Prospect, Ohio, to Newark, New Jersey, a carload of twenty-one cows and three calves, under a written contract made with the Hocking- Yalley Railway Company. The contract stated that the cattle had been received by the Hocking Yalley Railway Company for itself, and on behalf of connecting carriers, for transportation, upon certain Lerms and *133conditions. These terms and conditions, as far as material to the ease, were as follows:
“That the said shipper is, at his own sole risk and expense, to…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- North Pennsylvania Railroad v. Commercial Bank of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- South & North Alabama Railroad v. HenleinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
- Robert Boyce, in Error v. Paul Anderson, in ErrorSupreme Court of the United States · 1829
- St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway Co. v. ClearySupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
- Coupland v. Housatonic R. R. Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1892
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Cooper v. Oregon Short Line R. R. Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1927
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. RudyIndiana Supreme Court · 1909
- Bartelt v. Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1910
- New York Central Railroad v. Sturtevant & Haley Beef & Supply Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Tiller & Smith v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1909
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