Covington v. Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Quitman county. H¡on. W. D. Cutrer, Special Judge. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
Mr. Covington, tbe appellant, sued appellee railroad company for damages alleged to have been sustained by *561him as owner of a carload of males shipped from Memphis, Tenn., to Marks, Miss. The males were loaded by Hazel-Darnell Male Company and shipped by the Memphis Union stockyards, which owned a switch or spar track over which the loaded car was delivered to the Yazoo & Mississippi Yalley Railroad Company for transportation. It appears that the railroad company tnrned over its blanks or bills of lading to one Mr. Berry, cashier and bookkeeper of the Hazel-Darnell Male Company, with aathority…
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- Kime v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1912
- Baltimore & Ohio Express Co. v. CooperMississippi Supreme Court · 1889
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