St. Louis S. F. R. Co. v. Shepard
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from County Court, Murray County; Harry W. Fielding, Judge. Action by H. B. Shepard against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtTurner, J.
This is a common-law. action to recover damages for the failure to- deliver, within a reasonable time, certain live stock which plaintiff had delivered to defendant, a common carrier, to be transported for hire from Ft. Worth, Tex., to Kansas City, Mo.; the alleged injury growing out of the shrinkage of the cattle and a decline of the market. After the fourth paragraph of the petition had been eliminated by demurrer, defendant answered, and set up two special contracts, and pleaded certain alleged exemptions therein contained to defeat the action. There was trial to a jury, and judgment for…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Dobbins v. ObermanNebraska Supreme Court · 1885
- Bosley v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1904
- Jolliffe v. Northern Pacific RailroadWashington Supreme Court · 1909
- Cleve v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1906
- St. Louis S. F. R. Co. v. PeerySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Buel, Pryor & Daniel v. St. Louis & S. F. R. Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
- Dickinson v. SeaySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918
- Eastern Elevator Co. v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
- New Vinita Hardware Co. v. PorterSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
- Georgia, Southern & Florida Railway Co. v. MakeeverCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929
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