United States v. Louisville & N. R.
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
The defendant issued its bill of lading whereby it and its connecting lines undertook to carry two cars of mules from Nashville to Vicksburg; the shipper contracting to accompany the stock, and to feed and water them en route.
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The defendant issued its bill of lading whereby it and its connecting lines undertook to carry two cars of mules from Nashville to Vicksburg; the shipper contracting to accompany the stock, and to feed and water them en route. It appeared from the proof that the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company leased and operated the Nashville & Decatur' Railroad, which extends from Nashville, Tennessee, to Decatur, Alabama; and although the first-named company owned a majority of the stock of the South & North Alabama Railroad Company, whose line extends from Decatur to Montgomery, Alabama, the…
1Opinion of the Court
Key, J.,.(charging jury.) This action is brought by the government, under sections 4386 et seq. of the Revised Statutes, to recover a penally of not less than §100, nor more than §500, for the failure of the defendant, as a carrier of live-stock, to comply with the requirements of said sections in the transportation of two cars of mules, shipped by J. M. Smitlier, January 25,1882, from Nashville to Vicksburg. The contract entered into between the shipper and the defendant has been read to you; and by its terms it appears that the defendant agreed for itself, and its connecting lines, to carry…
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