J. M. Pace Mule Co. v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Cline, J., at May Special Term, 1912, of WaKe. This action was originally brought by the plaintiff against the Seaboard Air Line Railway and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company to recover $310 for the death of a mule alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendants in the course of transportation from East St. Louis, Ill., to Raleigh, N. C. The mule in question was one of a car-load of twenty-six shipped by the Maxwell-Crouch…
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Appeal by defendant from Cline, J., at May Special Term, 1912, of WaKe. This action was originally brought by the plaintiff against the Seaboard Air Line Railway and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company to recover $310 for the death of a mule alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendants in the course of transportation from East St. Louis, Ill., to Raleigh, N. C. The mule in question was one of a car-load of twenty-six shipped by the Maxwell-Crouch Mule Company to the plaintiff company on 3 March, 1911. The mules arrived at Raleigh 8 March, 1911. The injury to the…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN and WALKER, JJ., dissenting. This action was originally brought by the plaintiff against the Seaboard Air Line Railway and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company to recover $310 for the death of a mule alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendants in the course of transportation from East St. Louis, Ill., to Raleigh, N.C. The mule in question was one of a car-load of twenty-six shipped by the Maxwell-Crouch Mule Company to the plaintiff company on 3 March, 1911. The mules arrived at Raleigh 8 March, 1911. The injury to the mule was apparent when he was unloaded,…
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