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RICHMOND &C. RAILROAD CO. v. TOBACCO CO.

No. 172.

169 U.S. 311 (1898)

18 S.Ct. 335

42 L.Ed. 759

RICHMOND AND ALLEGHANY RAILROAD COMPANY, v. R.A. PATTERSON TOBACCO COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 21, 1898.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. H.T. Wickham and Mr. Henry Taylor, Jr., for plaintiff in error.

Mr. A.W. Patterson for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

In August, 1888, the Patterson Tobacco Company delivered to the Richmond and Alleghany Railroad, which was then in the hands of receivers, a lot of tobacco consigned to Mann and Levy, Bayou Sara, Louisiana. On receiving the tobacco the railroad issued a bill of lading whereby it was expressly stipulated that it should only be liable for the transportation of the goods over its own line, and beyond this was to be...

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