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MO., KANS. & TEX RY. v. HARRIMAN

No. 121.

227 U.S. 657 (1913)

33 S.Ct. 397

57 L.Ed. 690

MISSOURI, KANSAS & TEXAS RAILWAY COMPANY v. HARRIMAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 10, 1913.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Alex. S. Coke, Mr. Joseph M. Bryson and Mr. Cecil H. Smith for plaintiff in error submitted.

Mr. William M. Williams, with whom Mr. J.A.L. Wolfe was on the brief, for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE LURTON delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action in a state court of Texas by a shipper of cattle, under a special live-stock transportation contract for a shipment from a point in Missouri to a point in Oklahoma, to recover the value of cattle killed by a negligent derailment occurring in the former State. The shipment consisted of four bulls and thirteen cows, claimed to have been very valuable...

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