Railway Co. v. Nevill
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. John M. Elliott, Judge. 1. A carrier’s liability, as such, ends upon the completion of the transit, the unloading of the goods from the cars, and the safe deposit of same upon the platform or in the warehouse of the company. 8 Eea, 32; 9 A. & E. R. Cas. 248; 12 Heisk. 165; 55 A. & E. R. Cas. 622; following the Massachusetts rule, as laid down in 1 Gray, 263 ; 98 Mass. 212; 100 id. 455 ; 113 id. 521. • The following cases adopt the…
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Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. John M. Elliott, Judge. 1. A carrier’s liability, as such, ends upon the completion of the transit, the unloading of the goods from the cars, and the safe deposit of same upon the platform or in the warehouse of the company. 8 Eea, 32; 9 A. & E. R. Cas. 248; 12 Heisk. 165; 55 A. & E. R. Cas. 622; following the Massachusetts rule, as laid down in 1 Gray, 263 ; 98 Mass. 212; 100 id. 455 ; 113 id. 521. • The following cases adopt the Massachusetts rule: 66 Ala. 167 ; 46 id. 63 ; 23 Cal. 268; 46 Ga. 433; 47 111. 132; 64 id. 284; 69 id. 164; 25 Ind. 434 ; 26…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
The appellant company received some corn and hay at Pine Bluff for transportation to Din-wood station, there to be delivered, upon payment of freight, to C. E). Nevill, the appellee. About the hour the freight train was to arrive, appellee appeared at the station to receive his freight. The train did not arrive on time. Appellee waited till after sunset, and returned to his home. Soon after his departure, the train came in, and appellee’s goods were safely deposited in appellant’s warehouse at Dinwood. Next morning appellee returned with his teams to receive his goods, but during the night a…
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- Fenner v. . Buffalo and State Line R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
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