Legal Opinion
Armour Morgan v. Norfolk and Western Railway Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 9, 1973No. 71-1909PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, a cattle feeder located near Perryville, Indiana, sued defendant railroad, alleging that it improperly handled his cattle in transporting them from South Morrill, Nebraska, to Tilton, Illinois. The issues raised in this appeal concern only two of four shipments covered by the amended complaint. Claim 3 involved 339 feeder steers shipped on March 8, 1968, and Claim 4 involved 240 feeder steers shipped on August 3, 1968.
On Claim 3, two steers were crippled on arrival and died within a week or ten days, and the balance were dirty, badly roughed up, extremely…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. EstillSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Illinois Central Railroad v. CrailSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Reider v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
- The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. v. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1964
- Gold Star Meat Company v. Union Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
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- S. Leo Harmonay, Inc. v. Binks Manufacturing Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1984