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NORFOLK & W. RY. CO. v. DIXIE TOBACCO CO.

No. 265.

228 U.S. 593 (1913)

NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. DIXIE TOBACCO COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 12, 1913.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Francis Markoe Rivinus (by special leave), with whom Mr. S. Griffin, Mr. Thomas Reath and Mr. Theodore W. Reath were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

No appearance for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action brought by the defendant in error to recover for damage to tobacco shipped by it on the railroad at Bedford City, Virginia, to Marshall, Texas. The plaintiff got a verdict and judgment, which was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Appeals (111 Virginia, 813), the case having been taken there on the ground that the act of June 29, 1906, c. 3591, §...

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