Legal Opinion
Chase & Co. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided November 15, 1927PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTerrell, J.
Plaintiff in error filed its declaration in the Circuit Court of Orange County, seeking to recover damages in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) against defendant in error for negligently transporting one car of oranges from Dunedin, Florida, to New York City, in the State of New York. There was a demurrer to the declaration which was sustained. Plaintiff in error refused to amend its declaration, so the cause was dismissed September 21st, 1926, and writ of error was prosecuted from that order.
This action is grounded on the Carmack Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act, the…
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- Pere Marquette Railway Co. v. J. F. French & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Pennsylvania R. Co. v. Olivit BrothersSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
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