Wells Fargo & Co. Express v. Ford
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COUNTY COURT OP MADISON COUNTY, STATE OP TEXAS. The facts, which involve the liability of carriers for goods taken from them by legal process and also the construction and application of the full faith and credit clause of the Federal Constitution, are stated in the opinion. The defense in the court below was good. Full faith and credit to the judicial proceedings of the court of the State of Illinois was denied.
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ERROR TO THE COUNTY COURT OP MADISON COUNTY, STATE OP TEXAS. The facts, which involve the liability of carriers for goods taken from them by legal process and also the construction and application of the full faith and credit clause of the Federal Constitution, are stated in the opinion. The defense in the court below was good. Full faith and credit to the judicial proceedings of the court of the State of Illinois was denied. See Moore on Carriers (2d ed.), 327-331; Carpenter v. Strange, 141 IT. S. 87; Fauntleroy v. Lum, 210 U. S. 230; Green v. Van Buskirk, 7 Wall. 139; Harris v. Balk, 198 U.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lamar
D. W. Ford was a traveling salesman who was much of the time on the road, but considered Madisonville, Texas, as his home. On September 16, 1912, he shipped from that place to the Walker-Edmond Company, at Chicago, a package containing a ring with “ C. O. D. charges thereon amounting to $35.” When the package arrived in Chicago, it was tendered to the consignee who refused to receive it or to pay the $35. The Walker-Edmond Company, in order to obtain possession of the ring, forthwith brought an action in replevin against Ford and the Express Company in the Municipal Court of Chicago. The…
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- Bliven Mead v. . Hudson River R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1867
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