Legal Opinion
W. D. Lawson & Company and Washington General Insurance Company v. Penn Central Company and Fort Worth & Denver Railway Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 29, 1972No. 71-1357PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment after jury trial entered by the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee (Western Division). The judgment against the two defendant railroads was in the amount of $13,206. It resulted from the nearly total destruction of 110 bales of cotton shipped by plaintiff from Texas to Massachusetts as a result of a fire in defendant Penn. Central’s yard in Cleveland, Ohio. Defendant Fort Worth and Denver was the initial carrier and issued its bill of lading, while Penn Central was the delivering carrier. Neither railroad…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Adams Express Company v. CroningerSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Abilene Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Second Employers'liability CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Hart v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. NothnagleSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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3Cited by53 opinions
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- R. H. Fulton v. Chicago, Rock Island And Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
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