Dickinson v. Harris
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee; John E. McCall, Judge. Action by Archie C. Harris against Jacob M. Dickinson and others, receivers of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company. There was judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
DENISON, Circuit Judge.
Harris, the plaintiff below, was a porter employed by a shipper of freight at Edmonson, a station on the Rock Island line, in Arkansas. As such porter, he delivered at the railroad freight house three empty oil barrels for shipment. The station agent directed him to load the barrels into a freight- car, and declined to issue a bill of lading until this was done; but Harris refused, and left the barrels on the platform. Under the rules and tariffs in force, plaintiff had performed the full duty of the shipper, it was the duty of the station agent to load the barrels into…
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- Farmers' & Merchants' Bank of Vandalia v. MainesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1910
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