Missouri Pacific Transportation Co. v. Ellis

(xErnuN Smith, Chief Justice.

October 20, 1943, H. P. Ellis purchased at Murfreesboro, Arkansas, a Dixie Sunshine Trailways ticket, good for bus transportation to Little Rock by way of Hot Springs where connection was with Missouri Pacific Transportation Company. Ellis procured a baggage check at Murfreesboro evidencing- receipt by the carrier of what was later stipulated to be an Oxford bag, which with content of clothing was worth $100.

Missouri Pacific received the bag at Hot Springs. Subsequent loss was not accounted for. On appeal from a Justice of the Peace judgment for $100, a jury was…