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Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. Barrett

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided July 12, 1911No. 2,085PublishedCited by 17 opinions

In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee. Action at law, by Thomas Barrett, Jr., A. E. Waldo and Henry D. Hynds, trustees in bankruptcy of Inman & Co., for the use of the Maritime Insurance Company, against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

SANFORD, District Judge.

This suit was brought by the trustees of Inman & Co., bankrupts, the defendants in error, to ^recover of the Railway Company, the plaintiff in error, for the use oí the Maritime Insurance Company, Limited, the value of 263 bales of cotton alleged to have been received by the Railway Company from Inman & Co. for transportation and not delivered.

The issues were tried by the Circuit Court without the intervention of a jury, in pursuance of a written stipulation filed under section 649 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p, 525). The court made a special finding…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. The City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  2. Insurance Co. v. BoonSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  3. Norris v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
  4. St. Louis v. Ferry Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1871
  5. Anglo-American Land, Mortgage & Agency Co. v. LombardCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. White v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1931
  2. Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Omaha v. L'HerissonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1929
  3. City of Cleveland v. Walsh Construction Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1922
  4. Chicago Great Western R. v. ValleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1916
  5. Philadelphia Casualty Co. v. FechheimerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1915

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