N. K. Fairbank & Co. v. Cincinnati, N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Error to tbe Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. Assumpsit by N. K. Fairbank & Co., a corporation, against the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Company. The case was dismissed on defendant’s motion., Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
GRESHAM, Circuit Judge.
This action was brought by N. K. Fairbank <& Co., a corporation organized under the laws of Illinois, in the district of its residence, against the Cincinnati, New Orleans <& Texas Pacific Railway Company, an Ohio corporation, owning and operating a line of railway extending from Cincinnati, in the last-named state, to Chattanooga, in the state of Tennessee, to recover the value of á car load or more of cotton oil which was lost hy tho defendant, while in its possession as a common carrier. The first summons was returned, not served, by order of the plaintiff, and an…
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