Yazoo & M. V. R. R. v. Nichols & Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Coahom'a county. HoN. W. A. Alcokm, JA.; Judge. Suit by Nichols & Company against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Coahom'a county. HoN. W. A. Alcokm, JA.; Judge. Suit by Nichols & Company against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. (1) As to interstate shipments, a common carrier may limit its common-law liability by reasonable stipulation, except as to loss or damage due to its own negligence or that of its servants, and its power to do so is not abridged by the Carmack Amentment, as amended. York Mfg. Co. v. Illinois Central R. Co., 3 Wall. 107, 18 L.…
1Opinion of the CourtSteveNS, J.
Appellees as plaintiffs in the trial court sued to recover the value of thirty-one bales of cotton delivered by them to appellant railway company at Alligator, Missis*701sippi, to be transported and delivered to Grodlett & Co., Memphis, Tennessee. The record shows that W. B. and F. M. Nichols are partners in the cotton planting business and annually shipped their cotton over the lines of the defendant company, the only railroad .company doing business at Alligator. Appellees, the owners of the cotton sued for, had their cotton ginned at Parks’ gin at Alligator. On the -2d day of November, 1917,…
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