Legal Opinion
Landesman Hirshheimer Co. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided January 18, 1918PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court (Commons Pleas Division No. 3).
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Sampson
Reversing.
A drummer, carrying a trunk of samples, bought of the appellee, Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, a ticket from Madisonville, Kentucky, to Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and caused his trunk of samples to be checked as baggage. On arrival at Hopkinsville he presented his check and requested the trunk of samples, and it was discovered that the railroad company had negligently delivered the trunk with its contents to some third person without a check. Thereupon the wholesale company for whom the drummer was the salesman, instituted this action…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Humphreys v. PerrySupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Jacobs v. TuttU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Missouri · 1888
- Illinois Central Ry. Co. v. MatthewsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1903
- Central Trust Co. of New York v. Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois · 1889
3Cited by2 opinions
- Illinois Central Railroad Co. v. FontaineCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1926
- S. Nathan & Co. v. Red Cab, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1941