Legal Opinion
Blackford v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided June 11, 1918Published
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court (Common Pleas, Second Division).
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Thomas
Affirming.
The appellant and plaintiff below, G. L. Blackford, on April 11, 1916, shipped from Hot Springs, Arkansas, to Louisville, Kentucky, seven race horses, among which was one named “Bookie.” The appellee, St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company, was the initial carrier, while the delivering one was the appellee, Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company; which took possession of the shipment at Memphis, Tennessee. In the early afternoon of April 13 the shipment, which was made in an Arms palace car, of the largest and best equipped size and…
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