Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway v. Slade
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OP APPEALS OP THE STATE OF GEORGIA. The Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Company — hereafter referred to as the railway company — is a corporation organized under the laws of Ohio', and operates lines of railroad in several States other than Georgia.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OP APPEALS OP THE STATE OF GEORGIA. The Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Company — hereafter referred to as the railway company — is a corporation organized under the laws of Ohio', and operates lines of railroad in several States other than Georgia. On May 14, 1907, Pless & Slade, a .partnership, asserting a • claim against the railway company, resulting from the alleged negligent carriage of a carload of horses and mules, received at a point in Kentucky, for through carriage to Pless & Slade, at Cordele, Georgia, procured an attachment to be issued from…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
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In the trial on the merits it was shown that a shipment of live stock had been made from a point in Kentucky under a contract with the railway company for delivery at Cordele, Georgia, the contract contemplating the movement of the' shipment over the line of the railway company and the transfer by it of the car to connecting carriers for delivery at the point of destination. It was this contract of shipment out of which it was alleged the claim arose which was the basis of the attachment. The railway company offered in evidence the written contract, and then rested its defense. This…
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