Railroad v. Kelly
Tennessee Supreme Court
THOM HAMILTON. Appeal in error from the Circuit Court of Hamilton County. John A. Moon, J.-
1Opinion of the CourtCaldwell, J.
This suit was brought by J. W. Kelly, before a Justice of the Peace, to recover from the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway Company the value of five barrels of whisky. He recovered judgment for $492, and, on appeal, the Circuit Judge, sitting without a jury, affirmed the Magistrate’s judgment, adding interest thereto.
*701The railway company' has appealed in error, and in this Court, as below, denies its liability, eitheT •as common carrier or warehouseman.
Kelly purchased five barrels of whisky in Hew York, and caused them to be consigned to himself at Chattanooga, his place of…
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