Legal Opinion

L. & N. R. R. Co. v. Scott

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided May 7, 1909PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from. Henry Circuit Court. Charles C. Marshall, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals STATEMENT OF QUESTIONS INVOLVED AND ERRORS COMPLAINED OF.

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Appeal from. Henry Circuit Court. Charles C. Marshall, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals STATEMENT OF QUESTIONS INVOLVED AND ERRORS COMPLAINED OF. The real question involved is: Whether the defendant agreed to transport the shipment in question from Campbellsburg, Kentucky, to WTaycross, Georgia, and there deliver it to the consignee, or agreed to transport the shipment only to the terminus of its line and there make delivery to its connecting carrier? The pleadings' sharply present this issue: The errors' complained of, ánd Which, we think, make a reversal imperative,…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the court by

Judge Hobson.

Affirming-

On March 3, 1907, N. P. Scott delivered to the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company at Campbellsburg, Ky., a car load of horses and mules to be shipped to Waycross, G-a., and there delivered to him in good order. It was stipulated in the bill of lading that the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company agreed to transport the stock to the place where it was *726received by the next connecting carrier for transportation, and that its liability should cease at its terminus, when the stock was delivered to the carrier who was to take the stock on from…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Claflin v. HousemanSupreme Court of the United States · 1876

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. MitchellIndiana Supreme Court · 1910
  2. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Kelly's AdministratrixCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
  3. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. HayesIndiana Supreme Court · 1913
  4. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. KnoxIndiana Supreme Court · 1912
  5. Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. SimsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910

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