Illinois Central R. R. v. Smith
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Marshall county. HoN. J. L'. Bates, Judge. Suit hy W. T. Smith against the Illinois Central Eailroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts of this case are fully set out in the opinion.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Marshall county. HoN. J. L'. Bates, Judge. Suit hy W. T. Smith against the Illinois Central Eailroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts of this case are fully set out in the opinion. It is only necessary to add that the bill of lading referred to in the opinion contained, among other tilings, the following clause: “It is further agreed hy the shipper that no claim for loss or damage to said stock shall be valid against said company, unless it shall be made in writing, verified by affidavit delivered to the general freight…
1Opinion of the CourtCook, P. J.
The appellee, on August 10, 1912, made a shipment of cattle from Lamar, Miss., which was at the -time within that portion of the state of Mississippi whence cattle could be shipped as being free from tick infection. The destination of this cattle was National Stockyards, Ill. Appellee duly paid the freight on this shipment. Under the rules and regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture then in force, with reference to the infection of cattle with ticks and the shipment of the same, it was required that the railroad company should label each car to show certain facts with…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Illinois Central Railway Co. v. W. J. Davis & Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1916
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- Goldsmith v. Florida East Coast Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1920