Legal Opinion
Lindley v. Richmond & Danville Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided February 5, 1883PublishedCited by 25 opinions
Civil Action tried at July Special Term, 1882, of Guilford Superior Court, before Gilliam, J. Defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The plaintiff, Lindley, on behalf of his firm, on October 28, 1880, directed the defendant’s agent at Greensboro, using for that purpose a printed form prepared by the company and addressed to “ the agent of the Richmond & Dan-ville railroad company” at that place, to transport three boxes of fruit trees, thence to Burnsville, Alabama, at the foot of which was a printed memorandum, “see conditions, other side.”
On the reverse page are numerous printed conditions of which that numbered 12 is in these words:
“This company will not receipt for or guaranty the transportation of any article of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Laughlin v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1871
- MacE v. . RamseySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1876
- Phillips v. North Carolina Rail-RoadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1878
- Burton v. . W. W. R. R.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1881
- Dixon v. . R. R.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1876
3Cited by25 opinions
- Benton v. . CollinsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1899
- Meredith v. RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
- Harper Furniture Co. v. Southern Express Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1907
- Tillinghast v. Cotton Mills.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
- Nathan v. Charlotte Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1896
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